After a five-year wait, the families of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas may finally see justice as former HPD officer Gerald Goines faces trial for the deadly 2019 Harding Street raid. With numerous delays due to hearings, resets, and broader systemic issues, the case has spotlighted the slow pace of justice.
– After five years of ups and downs, the families of the Houston couple who were killed in a botched raid by the Houston Police Department may finally see justice from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office the murder trial of Gerald Goines gets underway September 9th.
“Five years is a very long time to wait for justice to occur in whatever form it’s going to occur. That being said, because of hurricanes, because of COVID-19, there are many cases that are behind like this, and this is not the only one,” said criminal defense attorney Angela Weltin.Before the trial date was set, several hearings and resets pushed Goines’ trial back.
“As disappointing as it is for a normal citizen that these things take five years when you look at it in light of the damage in Harris County in the last five to six years, frankly it’s not that unexpected,” said criminal defense attorney Erin Epley. As for the others, in June, a judge quashed charges for the officers accused of lying about overtime related to the raid. The judge ruled that the indictments were too broad.
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