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U.S. NEWS A5
Thursday 3 September 2015
Judge refuses to drop charges against Baltimore police
JULIET LINDERMAN tors were “troubling,” they Protesters gather outside Baltimore Circuit Court, as the first court hearing was set to begin in the
Associated Press are not likely to prejudice case of six police officers criminally charged in the death of Freddie Gray, on Wednesday, Sept.
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Bal- a jury. 2, 2015 in Baltimore. Six police officers face charges that range from second-degree assault, a
timore judge on Wednes- Andrew Graham, an at- misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.(Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
day refused to dismiss torney representing Offi-
charges against six police cer Caesar Goodson, had
officers in connection with unsuccessfully argued that
the death of a black man Mosby’s comments after
who had been seriously in- filing charges against the
jured while in custody. The officers were “reckless and
judge also refused to re- unprofessional,” and vio-
move the prosecutor in the lated the rules of conduct.
case that sparked riots in Graham likened Mosby’s
Baltimore last spring. comments on the case to
During a pretrial hearing, a “pep rally calling for pay-
Judge Barry Williams de- back.”
nied a defense motion for Williams was later to rule
the charges to be dropped on a motion for Mosby to
against the officers in the recuse herself due to what
death of 25-year-old Fred- defense attorneys charac-
die Gray, who endured a terize as conflicts of inter-
severe spinal cord injury est.
while in police custody on Officers Edward Nero, Gar-
April 12 and died a week rett Miller, William Porter
later. and Goodson, as well as
Defense attorneys had Lt. Brian Rice and Sgt. Ali-
sought to drop the charg- cia White, face charges in
es — which range from Gray’s death. They did not
second-degree assault to attend the hearing.
second-degree murder — All the officers face second-
because of prosecutorial degree assault, reckless
misconduct on the part of endangerment and mis-
State’s Attorney Marilyn conduct in office charges.
Mosby. Williams, however, Rice, Porter and White also
said that while Mosby’s face manslaughter charg-
public comments regard- es, and Goodson faces an
ing initial statements made additional charge of sec-
by the officers to investiga- ond-degree murder.q
Canadian pleads not guilty at
4th trial to killing two in 1988
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A 54-year-old David Caplin
Canadian man who’s stabbed Brenda Warner
been tried three times for and Charlene Ranstrom
the 1988 slayings of two to death in October 1988
New Hampshire women in the women’s Nashua
has pleaded not guilty apartment.
to murder charges in his Three juries failed to con-
fourth trial. vict or acquit Barnaby,
The Nashua Telegraph re- the last time in 1990. First-
ports that 48-year-old An- degree murder charg-
thony Barnaby entered es against Caplin were
the pleas Tuesday on two dropped after courts
counts each of first- and tossed much of the evi-
second-degree murder. dence. Both men returned
Police say Barnaby and to Canada.q
