Connecticut trooper acquitted in shooting death of Black college student following chase
The case caught the attention of the NAACP and the Rev. Al Sharpton, but race was not raised as a factor in the shooting during the trial.
The defense called no witnesses; Muhammad Syed tearfully declined to testify in his own defense.
The case caught the attention of the NAACP and the Rev. Al Sharpton, but race was not raised as a factor in the shooting during the trial.
The company used software that recognized when vehicles were on test stands and turned emission controls on, then turned the emission controls off during normal driving.
A California judge tentatively denied Kaiser's bid to throw out the jury verdict but agreed that a new trial on the amount of punitive damages would be required unless the plaintiff agreed to accept $10 million instead of $30 million.
Both the prosecution and defense rested early Wednesday morning.
Raymond Chan went on trial for a second time after the judge had to declare a mistrial last year when his lawyer fell seriously ill during the case.
If found guilty, he faces 30 years in prison.
Prosecutors say the former president of Honduras worked with cartels to pave a “cocaine superhighway" to the U.S.
Nichols died in a hospital on Jan. 10, 2023, three days after he was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton after a traffic stop.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández faces a possible life sentence if he's convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers while he was in office.
The proceedings are a preamble to a likely trial against Baldwin scheduled for July on a single charge of involuntary manslaughter.