December Retrial for Detroit Cop Who Shot 7-Year-Old

A judge on Wednesday set a Dec. 4 retrial date for the Detroit police officer accused in the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, the Detroit Free Press reports. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2020 Black History Month – 2022 Hip-Hop 50 Year – 2023 Video will return here when scrolled back into view Stefon…

A judge on Wednesday set a Dec. 4 retrial date for the Detroit police officer accused in the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, the Detroit Free Press reports.

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The date for Officer Joseph Weekley's trial was set during a hearing Wednesday before Wayne County Circuit Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway.

Weekley, whose gun went off killing Aiyana during a raid targeting a murder suspect in May 2010, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, a felony, and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, a misdemeanor.

A mistrial was declared in June when the jury told a judge they were hung after nearly three days of deliberations.

Read more at the Detroit Free Press.

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