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Ex-Georgia policeman convicted of murder in Taser death of suspect: media
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Fri Dec 16, 2016 | 11:01pm EST
Ex-Georgia policeman convicted of murder in Taser death of suspect: media
A former Georgia policeman was found guilty of murder on Friday in the death of a suspect shocked repeatedly with a Taser while handcuffed, media reported, in a rare criminal conviction of a law enforcement officer for a stun gun-related fatality.
A second ex-policeman charged in the April 2014 death of Gregory Towns, 24, was convicted of lesser offenses, including involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution newspaper and several area television news outlets.
WSB-TV reported that a Fulton County jury deliberated for just 30 minutes before delivering its verdicts against the two defendants - former police Sergeant Marcus Eberhart and former police Corporal Howard Weems.
Both were members of the police department in the Atlanta suburb of East Point. They are to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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Ex-Georgia policeman convicted of murder in Taser death of suspect: media
A former Georgia policeman was found guilty of murder on Friday in the death of a suspect shocked repeatedly with a Taser while handcuffed, media reported, in a rare criminal conviction of a law enforcement officer for a stun gun-related fatality.
A second ex-policeman charged in the April 2014 death of Gregory Towns, 24, was convicted of lesser offenses, including involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution newspaper and several area television news outlets.
WSB-TV reported that a Fulton County jury deliberated for just 30 minutes before delivering its verdicts against the two defendants - former police Sergeant Marcus Eberhart and former police Corporal Howard Weems.
Both were members of the police department in the Atlanta suburb of East Point. They are to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-georgia-police-taser-idUSKBN14603R
