The officer responsible was later cleared after a grand jury refused to indict him.
Although the prosecution had sought the death penalty, the jury refused that option.
The charges were dismissed in July of that year after a grand jury refused to return an indictment.
The jury refused to comment after the trial citing the welfare of the families.
No grand jury on earth would refuse to hand down Murder One.
The second all-white male jury refused to issue any indictments.
Based on the evidence, the jury refused to indict Tinney.
The jury also refused to use the transcripts to follow the tapes.
In some cases, juries refused to convict individuals who had been indicted under the Federal law.
But the jury, unsure of what had really happened, refused to impose the death penalty.