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Retrial of Baltimore Officer for Freddie Gray’s Death Set for June

HeadlineDec 22, 2015

In Maryland, a judge has scheduled the retrial of Baltimore Police Officer William Porter in the death of Freddie Gray for June 13. Porter was the first of six officers to be tried over Gray’s death. A family attorney says Gray’s spine was “80 percent severed at his neck” from fatal injuries sustained in police custody in April. Officer Porter’s case ended in a mistrial last week after a jury deadlocked on charges including involuntary manslaughter. Porter’s new trial date is after those of the other five officers, meaning he will likely decline to testify at those trials, presenting a hurdle for prosecutors who had hoped to call him as a key witness.

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