Convicted Detroit area cop can serve at boot camp for beating: court
Source: Reuters
Convicted Detroit area cop can serve at boot camp for beating: court
By Mark Weinraub
April 15, 2016
(Reuters) - A convicted suburban Detroit police officer should be allowed to serve part of his prison term in a boot camp, an appeals court has ruled, overturning a judge's decision in sentencing him for beating a black motorist at a traffic stop.
William Melendez, a white officer jailed since his conviction last Nov. 19, was sentenced in February to 13 months to 10 years in prison with the possibility of parole after serving 13 months.
The Michigan appeals court decision on Thursday would allow Melendez to serve part of the sentence at a boot camp facility, where prisoners participate in military-style exercises and work assignments for 90 days before moving to a halfway house.
The case was one of several that have been given widespread media attention in the United States in the past few years involving white police officers and African-Americans, fueling a national debate on race and policing.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/convicted-detroit-area-cop-serve-boot-camp-beating-162439458.html?nhp=1
[center]
William Melendez
Motorist Floyd Dent [/center]
= new reply since forum marked as read
