alekth said:
Kasz216 said:
Mise said:
I'd expect shit like this from the russian military, but from the US army?
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I think the point is being missed. The guards were found guilty under Florida law... for Manslaughter.
The charges NOT being levied here are Civil Rights penalties.
AKA that this was a hate crime because he was black.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7042429.stm
Acquitted instead, apparently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter#Criminally_negligent_manslaughter this seems the closest to what they did, but even if the court ruled that evidence didn't suffice, I find it disturbing that they weren't charged with anything. At least that's what the bbc news piece suggests:
The jury could have convicted them of lesser charges, including child neglect and culpable negligence.
edit: beat me by a minute :)
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As it turns out... that doesn't even apply.
It looks like the ORINGAL autopsy was correct and the reason he died was due to his sickle cell problem and not due to the beating or suffication. With no reason to know of the sickle cell problem you can't really even charge them with child neglect and culpable negligence.
If they were found guilty for anything they would of been out on appeal.
