Johannes Mehserle gets off easy!!!
The ruling just announced in LA !!!
Update - initial reports were just probation:
2 years in prison..but the double credit time served will get him out possibly on probation very soon
no gun enhancement!!!
RIP OSCAR GRANT III
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry sentenced former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle to two years. He gets credit for a year for time served.
Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in July in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale BART platform.
Check back here later for updates.
The ruling just announced in LA !!!
Update - initial reports were just probation:
2 years in prison..but the double credit time served will get him out possibly on probation very soon
no gun enhancement!!!
RIP OSCAR GRANT III
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry sentenced former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle to two years. He gets credit for a year for time served.
Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in July in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant III on the Fruitvale BART platform.
Check back here later for updates.