Former St. Louis officer Jason Stockley found not guilty in murder case. On December 20, 2011 officer Jason shot and killed Anthony Lamar Smith after a police chase. Stockley and his partner Brian Bianchi, tried to stop Smith after a suspected drug sale in a parking lot. After being confronted smith decided to take off and after a three-minute chase throughout the streets of St Louis, Stockley and his partner decided to ram into the back of the victim’s car causing him to lose control and crash. After the car was stopped, Stockley and his partner approached Smith's vehicle, finding him alive. Next Footage shows Stockley yelling at the victim to open the door and after a couple more altercation words, we see Stockley shoot smith 5 times through the window. 5 years later attorney Jennifer Joyce charged Stockley with first-degree murder, in May 2016. “murder is murder in the first degree if committed with premeditation and deliberation, or with atrocity and cruelty, or if the actor is engaged in the preparation for, commission of, or flight from, a felony” (statelaws). Murder in the first degree is punished up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In order for the prosecution …show more content…
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