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Two questions come to mind after reading about this shooting.
1.. Why did it take the jury five to hours to justify the shooting????
2. DITTO ??? # 1.
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I think you asked the wrong question, twice. It isn't why the jury took five hours to justify the shooting, but why did it take 5 hours of presented evidence to fully explain what is so obvious in such a short video.
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The jury heard five hours of testimony Tuesday, which included a
video that showed Raymond Davis of Hamilton pointing a .41-Magnum
pistol inches from Officer Ross Jessop's face and pulling the
trigger. The click of the revolver's hammer hitting a previously
fired round was audible in the recording.
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The reason it took 5 hours, no doubt, is that the case was presented very thoroughly. My guess is that nobody involved in the process thought the officer acted in an illegal manner, but didn't cursorily dismiss the case either as that would be inappropriate. It was, after all, a homicide. They went step by step through the evidence which undoubtedly showed that that the officer did act within accord of the law.
Here is a pic of the perp, FYI....
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...WUO5C0Me6d9KoF