Jury acquits skater Kerrigan's brother in dad's death

[Playinghardball]

Source: msnbc

WOBURN, Mass. — The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was acquitted Wednesday of manslaughter in the death of their 70-year-old father by a jury that apparently agreed with his defense that the elder man died of heart disease.

Mark Kerrigan, 46, was convicted, though, of assault and battery in a January 2010 conflict with Daniel Kerrigan at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston.

Nancy Kerrigan and her mother, Brenda, embraced and cried after the verdict was read; the skater had supported her brother and attended every day of the weeklong trial in Woburn Superior Court.

"My family has never believed at all that my brother had anything to do with my father's death, and he would, my dad would, never have wanted any of this," Nancy Kerrigan said outside the courthouse after the verdict, standing with other family members.



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[meegbear]

1. WWWHHHHYYYYYY!!!! WWWHHHHYYYYYY!!!!

Sorry, couldn't help it.

I believe what the family reported; dad had a heart condition and he died from the stress of the situation.

[Alhena]

2. Why me? Why Me? Why Anybody?

[Javaman]

6. Whyyyyy? Whyyyyy?

I still use that phrase in very comic situations to this day.

I know, I'm a bad person. :spank:

[Kurmudgeon]

3. Still, a 46 year old should have known better to lay hands on a 70 year old man.

[polmaven]

4. He was acquitted of the manslaughter charge,

but he was convicted of assault and battery.

[Demeter]

5. Woburn is a Cruel Place