‘This Was a Tragic Case’: Minnesota Supreme Court Vacates Murder Conviction of Former Cop Who Shot Australian Woman Who’d Called 911; He Could Be Freed as Early as October
The Minnesota Supreme Court vacated a former officer’s third-degree murder conviction on Wednesday. Mohamed Noor was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison in 2019 in the 2017 shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. But on Wednesday, the state’s highest court tossed the conviction, finding that there was insufficient evidence and ordering that Noor be re-sentenced…
