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Analyzing The Goodson Trial Verdict

This morning we're taking a closer look at Thursday's verdict in the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson -- the 17-year Baltimore police veteran who drove the van in which Freddie Gray suffered his fatal neck injury in April, 2015. Goodson was found not guilty of second-degree depraved-heart murder, second-degree assault, misconduct in office, involuntary manslaughter, manslaughter by vehicles (gross negligence), manslaughter by vehicles (criminal negligence) and reckless endangerment.

To unpack Judge Williams' verdict, we turn once again to our legal eagles, practicing attorney Edward Smith and University of Baltimore law professor David Jaros, and WYPR's own Kenneth Burns.  They all join Tom in-studio to discuss a trial that many legal experts had called the most significant of the six criminal trials related to the death of Freddie Gray.

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