(December 3, 2014 at 8:51 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I don't understand the jury's decision. Unlike the Ferguson case, this was a really easy indictment, IMO...
Was the jury instructed to let it go to the federal level, maybe?
The Fed's do not have jurisdiction to prosecute a homicide that did not evolve federal personnel, did not occur on federal property, did involve the crossing of state lines.
The Feds can prosecute civil rights violations....but that is not the same crime as homicide.