Brandon Vandenburg Jury Selection to Begin
Jury selection is set to begin today in the rape trial of former Vanderbilt University student, Brandon Vandenburg. Co-defendant Corey Batey was convicted of rape in April 2016; his sentencing is scheduled for July 15, 2016. (He faces 15 to 25 years on the most serious charge.) Batey, Vandenburg, along were two other former students still awaiting trial, were accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious female student on June 23, 2013, and video recording the assault. A jury is being selected in Memphis.
Oscar Pistorius Sentencing
Oscar Pistorius lost his right to appeal a murder conviction last month. He faces sentencing this week. The court set aside the entire week for the sentencing hearing. At his trial in 2014 for the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the judge convicted him of a lower version of homicide called culpable homicide and sentenced him to 5 years in prison. The prosecution appealed. The higher court found the trial court's reasoning was flawed in finding that Pistorius was merely negligent; the verdict was enhanced to murder. Pistorius could be sentenced to 15 years.
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Verdict to be Delivered in Goodson (Freddie Gray) Trial
Judge Williams is expected to render a verdict in the murder trial of Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson, one of six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death on April 19, 2015. Goodson faces one count of depraved heart murder, three counts of manslaughter and one count each of second degree assault, misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment.