The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has decided there will be no third trial for the police officer who fatally shot Aiyanna Stanley-Jones.
Joseph Weekley could have been tried for a misdemeanor count of Careless Discharge Causing Injury or Death.
The 38-year-old Weekley received a second mistrial last October in the death of Jones, 7, who was fatally shot during a police raid four years ago.
At the time, Weekley said Aiyana’s grandmother, Mertilla Jones grabbed his gun causing him to accidentally pull the trigger. Jones says she never did.
The prosecution said that Weekley’s finger should have never been on the trigger. The jury says they struggled on the definition of negligence.
In the second trial, the charges of felony manslaughter were dismissed. Under the law the decision cannot be appealed.
In a statement from Prosecutor Kym Worthy, she said:
Today we personally informed the family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones that we have made a decision that we would not be going to trial for a third time in the Joseph Weekley case. It is unfortunate that Judge Cynthia
Gray Hathaway granted a directed verdict dismissing the felony Manslaughter charged, leaving only the misdemeanor count of Careless Discharge Causing Injury or Death. Under the law her decision cannot be appealed. On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., we will move to dismiss the case.
No Third Trial For The Officer That Fatally Shot Aiyana Stanley-Jones was originally published on hothiphopdetroit.com
