Aaron Spencer's second-degree murder charge was dismissed weeks before his trial was set to start. The judge dismissed the charge after discovering that law enforcement had lost video evidence of the incident.

Weeks before Aaron Spencer’s murder trial, the charge was dismissed after discovering that law enforcement had lost video evidence of the incident

  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.socialEnglish
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    25 days ago

    hmmmmmmm indeed. Pretty fucking hard to decide one way or the other without evidence, but if the accusations are correct…

    BIG “IF” on that one, from an, “innocent until proven guilty perspective”. Almost like people are forgetting the whole fucking point of, “justice”.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      25 days ago

      He was already awaiting court for raping the girl. I assume a grooming dude that convinced her to see him again

    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
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      25 days ago

      Sexual assault is notoriously hard to proof. The system is set up that you need verifiable evidence. Your word against their worddoesn’t cut it, you need video or biological evidence or something. 9 out of 10 (don’tquote me on that) sexual assault cases get dismissed because of a lack of evidence.