Judge questions legality of U.S. attorney's request to strike jury's civil rights verdict
The federal judge who presided over the three-day trial ordered prosecutors to file a brief explaining the court's authority to strike portions of a jury verdict.
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Tuesday questioned the legality of the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to strike a jury’s felony civil rights verdict against a former sheriff’s deputy.
Prosecutors must explain the legality of their requested action by May 13 in a brief no lo…