The gun the deputy said Casey Goodson Jr. was waving when he was shot in the back multiple times was found in the man’s kitchen with the safety on, the prosecutor shared publicly for the first time.

  • ExLisper@linux.community
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    10 months ago

    simultaneously defending himself in both cases would put him in a no-win situation.

    What is that even supposed to mean? He has to prove that his actions where justified. How is his a no-win situation? Is his plan to first argue that he’s innocent because he wasn’t trained correctly and acted out of fear and then claim in the second case that he actually received proper training?

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      10 months ago

      Seems to me like it would make more sense to want the cases to go simultaneously since the civil case can use any evidence and admissions from the criminal case.

      If they are tried at the same time, there is a chence that would not work because of deadlines to submit evidence.

      I have no idea what that argument is supposed to be.