Michael Slager gets 20 years for the murder of Walter Scott.

[guacamole]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/cop-michael...ry?id=51595376

Slager was charged in South Carolina with murder and pleaded not guilty. During the murder trial, Slager's attorney said his client shot Walter Scott because he was in fear for his life. In 2016, the case ended in a mistrial. The state retrial and federal trial were expected to take place this year, but instead, in May Slager pleaded guilty to violating Walter Scott's civil rights in federal court, ending the federal case against him and also resolving the state charges that were pending after the mistrial.

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U.S. District Judge David Norton made the ruling after saying he would follow sentencing guidelines to send Slager to prison for 19 to 24 years. The former officer could have faced life in prison. Norton ruled that Slager committed second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

He will probably serve 1/3 of his sentence (or under seven years) perhaps less for time reduced for good behavior.

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guacamole

[One Bad Pig]

He will probably serve 1/3 of his sentence (or under seven years) perhaps less for time reduced for good behavior.

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guacamole

You can thank your progressive buddies for that.

[guacamole]

You can thank your progressive buddies for that.

I suppose.

Do we need to throw another life away here? I try not to judge until I'm in someone else's shoes. I haven't been a police officer, don't know what the pulse of adrenaline feels like when it spikes as a motorist gets out of his car. I don't have the ptsd that comes from dealing with violent people every day of my job. I'd like to think that I wouldn't have shot Walter Scott, but I don't know. Is Slager irredeemable? I don't think so.

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[One Bad Pig]

I suppose.

Do we need to throw another life away here? I try not to judge until I'm in someone else's shoes. I haven't been a police officer, don't know what the pulse of adrenaline feels like when it spikes as a motorist gets out of his car. I don't have the ptsd that comes from dealing with violent people every day of my job. I'd like to think that I wouldn't have shot Walter Scott, but I don't know. Is Slager irredeemable? I don't think so.

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guacamole

No one's irredeemable. Slager was also found guilty of obstruction of justice, so it doesn't seem he was especially contrite over it.

[rogue06]

You can thank your progressive buddies for that.

I would think that unless kept in isolation he might never make it five years.

[JimL]

You can thank your progressive buddies for that.

How's that?

[Zymologist]

How's that?

He was only kidding; it's obviously the Russians' fault.