Current Events > Former South Carolina police officer Sean Groubert sentenced to 12 years

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-shooting-idUSKCN1AV28J

Circuit Court Judge Casey Manning on Tuesday sentenced Groubert to 12 years' incarceration but suspended the prison time to five years and gave him credit for the 17 months he has served in jail after pleading guilty. Groubert will have to serve his full sentence only if he violates probation after his release from prison.

Wearing a jail jumpsuit and shackled in chains at his sentencing hearing, in a Columbia courtroom, the former trooper apologized to Jones.

"I screwed up," Groubert told Jones. "I pray that one day you'll be able to come to peace with this and forgive me."
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Good. This cop was pretty far in the wrong. Guy literally had his hands up slowly backing away and was still shot at.
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