Overview
- During deliberations, a juror asked to speak privately with the judge about the case; the judge declined, addressed the full panel, and reread the manslaughter instructions.
- Jurors posed questions referencing terms like “mea culpa” and “willful knowledge,” prompting a reminder to rely only on the court’s language and not outside concepts.
- The jury has deliberated about four hours over two days on a second-degree manslaughter charge that carries a maximum 15-year sentence if Fisher is convicted.
- In closing arguments, the special prosecutor said Fisher stood by for roughly seven minutes, while the defense argued he lacked real-time awareness of the extent of harm.
- Key evidence included passively recorded body-camera images showing Fisher smiling near the beating, medical testimony that intervention could have saved Robert Brooks, and prior testimony about falsified reports at Marcy; Fisher is the last of 10 officers to be tried as statewide prison reforms proceed.