Not good news.

Ellison stepped in and screwed the pooch.

While it was the right move to charge the remaining officers, he just let the killer off the hook by raising the charges beyond what was obtainable.

This piece of garbage is going to walk now, all due to Ellison. The country will burn again because of this fool when acquitted. Best chance is the lower charges remain, and they can still nail him with 3rd even if 2nd doesn't stick (and most likely won't.)

Not a good situation at all. I was on a double murder jury where this very thing happened. It took several mistrials to convict. This jury will be hung or acquit if they insist on 2nd alone.

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