January 8, 2016

Appeals court stays key order in Freddy Gray cases

(Paul Mirengoff) I wrote here about Judge Barry Williams' order that Officer William Porter, who is awaiting retrial, will have to testify against colleagues who also are charged in the Freddy Gray cases. Porter argued that the Fifth Amendment gives him the right not to testify, inasmuch as he is still in legal jeopardy and his testimony might tend to incriminate him, but the judge rejected this contention. As I noted, Porter's

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