Acquittal in Freddie Gray case will not alter Maryland prosecutors' strategy

Published May 24, 2016 This content is archived.

A Reuters article about the acquittal of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero, who was charged with illegal arrest and causing criminal injury in a transport van in the death of Freddie Gray, looks at how the acquittal could impact charges against other officers, including Garrett Miller, Nero’s partner, and quotes Chris O’Brien, co-director of trial advocacy in the UB School of Law. Miller’s testimony that he had arrested Gray would make prosecuting him much more difficult since it was done under immunity, he said, “But in terms of the other officers (Rice and Goodson), I don’t know that it will really have any impact.

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