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re: Joe McKnight's killer, takes plea deal
Posted on 12/20/22 at 2:58 pm to TigerintheNO
Posted on 12/20/22 at 2:58 pm to TigerintheNO
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Supreme Court ultimately ruled earlier this year that Gasser couldn't be retried on the murder charge, citing double jeopardy laws which bar a person from being prosecuted twice for the same crime.
I am not following this.. Why did he plead guilty if he could not be retried ?
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Posted on 12/20/22 at 3:05 pm to yaherrdme
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I am not following this.. Why did he plead guilty if he could not be retried ?
He was tried for 2nd degree murder. However, he was convicted 10-2 on a lesser charge of manslaughter. The USSC decision held the conviction was unconstitutional. So he had to be retried again, but he couldn't be retried for 2nd degree murder. So he was going to be retried for manslaughter. Rather than be retried he pled guilty.
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