Overview

• Judge Glenn B. Bronson handed Dial a nine-month to two-year prison term for voluntary manslaughter in the August 2023 Kensington traffic stop.
• Because he had already spent roughly ten months in custody awaiting trial, Dial was granted immediate parole under time-served rules.
• District Attorney Larry Krasner criticized the ruling as well below the 4.5-to-9 year state guidelines and said it makes people lose faith in the justice system.
• In frustration over the decision, Irizarry’s family walked out of the courtroom and continues to pursue a wrongful death suit against the officers and the city.
• Body camera footage showed Irizarry remained inside his car with the windows rolled up, contradicting initial police claims that he lunged at officers.