A King County judge said Friday that the murder trial of a suburban Seattle police officer will be delayed again. FOX13
in what will be the first test of a new state statute on police use of deadly force.
The judge said she hopes the case can be rescheduled in September but concedes it could be pushed into 2023, more than three-and-a-half years after Jesse Sarey was killed., who said the family has been patiently waiting for resolution and justice. "We’ve been waiting 18 months," Simons said in court. "This is a real hardship for the family. The public has been waiting for this trial."while trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct in an interaction that lasted just 67 seconds.The case was the first filed against an officer since voters in, which was amended by the Legislature, that makes it easier to prosecute police for using deadly force.
Previously, prosecutors had to prove the officer acted with malice — an almost impossible standard, and one no other state had. Under the new law, prosecutors must demonstrate that another officer acting reasonably would not have found deadly force necessary.
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