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O'Moron remarked yesterday that he is "saddened and shocked" by the
jury's verdict in the below captioned case. Isn't this why we have a
jury system in this country? If we left it up to Mayor O'Moron and
Police Commissioner Ed Norris, we'd have a judge, jury and executioner
in both of them! What a pair of phucking sourpusses!!! Do they only
believe in our system of justice when someone other than a cop is
convicted of a crime??? It seems that the cops themselves gave
conflicting testimony in this case... they cooked their own goose!
Did they rush to judgement in this case? How many other times have
they rushed to judgement? What a phucking bunch of malcontents!!!

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Jury acquits teen accused in death of police officer

Jurors attribute surprising verdict to conflicting testimony;
Gavin killed during chase

By Caitlin Francke and Peter Hermann, Sun Staff
Originally published Jan 20 2001

A teen-ager who killed a police officer when he crashed into a
patrol car during a high-speed chase was set free yesterday after
a Baltimore jury acquitted him of all charges - a verdict that
stunned police, prosecutors and even the defendant's mother.

The jury deliberated about four hours before clearing Eric D.
Stennett of murder, attempted murder and vehicular manslaughter
charges, even though his own lawyer admitted that Stennett was
driving the speeding Ford Bronco that killed Officer Kevon M. Gavin.

"I'm speechless," said Assistant State's Attorney Lisa Goldberg,
who prosecuted the case in Baltimore Circuit Court over the past
two weeks.

Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris called the case a
"no-brainer" for conviction. He said the not guilty verdict
felt like "a kick in the stomach."

Even Stennett's mother, who leaped from her seat in the
courtroom pew to hug weeping family members when the verdict
was announced, acknowledged that she was surprised that he
had not been convicted on some charge because police pulled him
out of the car that crushed Officer Gavin.

"He was there," said Stennett's mother, Margaret Beady. But,
she added, "I don't believe my child was driving."

The officer's widow, Lisa Gavin, was so distraught she was
escorted out of the back of the courthouse to avoid a media
throng. She had to drive to New York yesterday to attend a
funeral for her late husband's grandmother, who had died of cancer.

Jurors declined to be interviewed at the courthouse, but some
later said prosecution witnesses gave contradictory testimony
that undercut the case.

Stennett was expected to be released from the city jail last night.

Read the entire story at:
http://www.sunspot.net/content/cover/story?
section=cover&pagename=story&storyid=1150540207909


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