Thursday, August 14, 2008

Katrina Shooting Charges Quashed

Asheville Citizen Times "Charges dropped in post-Katrina bridge shooting": "NEW ORLEANS – A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges Wednesday against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In quashing the indictments, District Judge Raymond Bigelow agreed with defense arguments that prosecutors violated state law by divulging secret grand jury testimony to a police officer who was a witness in the case..."

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