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Walmart Truck Driver in Tracy Morgan Crash Wants All Charges Dropped

Tracy Morgan, the comedian who is supposed to get back on stage this October as the host of Saturday Night Live, is still recuperating from last year’s car accident. Meanwhile, however, the person who was driving the Walmart truck that crashed into the comedian’s limo, killing one of the passengers and sending him to the hospital, has just asked for the criminal charges against him dropped.
Tracy Morgan is still recuperating after last year's accident 1 photo
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Why? Well, Jay Glassman, the lawyer of 35-year-old Kevin Roper, has cited the trial is not fair. According to ABC News, his client has no chance of getting an “impartial jury” and that is thanks to the incredible amount of public pressure that comes from both the intense media coverage of the event and the retailer’s position. Walmart has taken full responsibility for the accident, which Roper’s attorney says further hurts his client’s case.

As you may have heard already, NTSB’s final report stated the driver had been awake more than 28 hours at the time of the impact while further evidence shows he also was speeding. There’s no way the huge retailer would have pleaded any way different than guilty, but this also puts a lot of pressure on their employee.

No system of justice can rightfully call itself just - if it operates in an atmosphere where the state is unwilling to protect the accused who appears before them, prior to a jury trial," the paperwork claims. "No accused can receive a fair hearing, or any other due process requirements, if the criminal justice system under which an accused is tried leaves him at the mercy of the press.”

Roper’s lawyer claims a rightful case would be decided by a jury that remains objective, a thing that is no longer possible with all the public pressure. Therefore, the driver’s attorney - who is charged with one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto - asked the court to dismiss all of these.
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