The transcripts also appear to show jurors grappling with a blizzard of technical information about police tactics, and expert testimonies that appeared at times to conflict. But a second expert witness, identified as a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina, appeared to disagree. “It seemed like one expert had an opinion that there was no improper anything done,” the juror said. “Who other than somebody who wears a special costume for their work gets this kind of deference in a homicide case? No one.”Mr. Thompson also questioned whether prosecutors had done everything they could to secure indictments against the officers.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2021 21:28 UTC