Jury finds Holtzclaw guilty of 18 counts of rape and sexual assaults against women after 45 hours of deliberationsThe women were teenagers and grandmothers. Most were living on the margins. All of them were black. And during a month-long trial that became a symbol of police predation,they formed a bleak parade of 13 witnesses who accused a former Oklahoma City officer of using his badge to coerce sex acts and rape.
On Thursday, after 45 hours of deliberation, or a jury convicted Daniel Holtzclaw,29, on five counts of rape and 13 other counts of sexual assault, or including six of sexual battery,against eight of the women.
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Source: theguardian.com