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发帖数: 7881 | 1 Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Wednesday that he is
recommending that former NYPD officer Peter Liang not serve jail time on his
February manslaughter conviction for the shooting death of unarmed Akai
Gurley.
Instead Thompson is recommending “five years of probation, with the
condition that he serves six months of home confinement with electric
monitoring and performs 500 hours of community service.”
“Peter Liang was indicted, prosecuted and subsequently convicted by a jury
because his reckless actions caused an innocent man to lose his life,”
Thompson said in a statement.
“There is no evidence, however, that he intended to kill or injure Akai
Gurley. When Mr. Liang went into that building that night, he did so as part
of his job and to keep the people of Brooklyn and our city safe.”
Liang had faced up to 15 years behind bars for the Nov 20, 2014 accidental
shooting of Gurley as he descended a Pink Houses stairwell.
Thompson indicated he had provided the sentencing recommendation to Brooklyn
Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, who oversaw the three-week long trial.
”In sentencing a defendant, the facts of the crime and the particular
characteristics of that person must be considered. Mr. Liang has no prior
criminal history and poses no future threat to public safety,” Thompson
explained of his surprising recommendation. ”Because his incarceration is
not necessary to protect the public, and due to the unique circumstances of
this case, a prison sentence is not warranted.
“As I have said before, there are no winners here,” Thompson said. “But
the sentence that I have requested is just and fair under the circumstances
of this case. From the beginning, this tragic case has always been about
justice and not about revenge.”
Liang’s defense attorneys filed a motion to set aside the February
manslaughter conviction last week, arguing he was not guilty of reckless
manslaughter or official misconduct.
“This is a promising recommendation from the district attorney, we’ll just
have to wait and see what the judge says,” one of Liang’s defense
attorneys Robert E. Brown told the Post.
Liang is scheduled for sentencing April 14. |
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