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Recommend Prosecutor Wants to Simulate Explosion in court: Detroit Police Officer Faces Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Shooting of 7 yr. old Black Girl (Email)

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Trial date set for October 22, 2012

From [HERE] The judge and attorneys involved in the manslaughter case against a Detroit tactical officer over the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl in a police raid will experience the effects of a concussive grenade firsthand. On Friday Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Moran requested that jurors experience being in a room when a flash-bang grenade is detonated.

Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway of the Third Circuit Court agreed to a trial run involving her and the attorneys before she decides if jurors should be subjected to the stunning effects of the blast. "It would give the jury perspective because of the nature of the effect," Moran said. "It will show the jury exactly what happened inside that house." Officer Joseph Weekley is set to stand trial on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the shooting death of 7-year-old Black girl, Aiyana Jones. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Police raided an eastside flat on Lillibridge on May 16 looking for a murder suspect. During the raid, a flash-bang grenade was detonated while Weekley, the first officer in, was already inside the home. Jones was shot once in the head. The special response team was being recorded by crews from the cable reality show "First 48."

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