Subject: Just posted - The Freddie Gray case: Md. court explains why officers must testify against each other in Freddie Gray case
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 14:02:37 -0400

Update: The Freddie Gray case

MD. COURT EXPLAINS WHY OFFICERS MUST TESTIFY AGAINST EACH OTHER IN FREDDIE GRAY CASE
By Lynh Bui

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<p>The immunity prosecutors are offering a Baltimore police officer to testify against his colleagues facing trial in Freddie Gray’s arrest and death is enough to protect his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to an appeals court opinion issued Friday in the high-profile case.</p>
<p>The opinion explains why the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled months earlier that Baltimore police officer William G. Porter must testify as a witness for prosecutors despite awaiting retrial. Porter’s first trial in December ended in a hung jury.</p>

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