The grand jury in September recommended no homicide charges be brought against the three white officers in the case. One of the officers, Brett Hankison, was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into a neighbour's apartment.
Jury takes only a matter of hours to convict Guyger, 31, after six days of testimony over the September 2018 death. Cheers erupted in the courthouse as the verdict was announced.
The nine-member federal jury in Los Angeles returned the unanimous verdict Monday.
Jury finds James Fields guilty of first-degree murder and nine other crimes by driving his car into a crowd, killing one and wounding of 19 others, in Charlottesville, Virginia last year.
James Alex Fields Jr. killed a woman when he drove into a group of counterprotesters marching in protest to a nationalist rally in August 2017.
The trial has started under heavy security. Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected while more than a dozen of the several hundred witnesses expected to testify are in witness protection programs.
Six people were killed and 19 wounded when Alexandre Bissonnette, 28, allegedly went on a shooting rampage in January 2017.
The jury deliberated for four hours on Monday as to whether the famed comedian Bill Cosby was guilty of sexual assault. On Tuesday their deliberations resumed.
Bill Cosby opted not to testify and his lawyer said the relationship he and his accuser had was that of lovers who had enjoyed secret "romantic interludes."
The prosecution claims that Cosby drugged his accuser, leaving her paralysed. Cosby's lawyers say there are numerous inconstancies in her case and ask why a violated woman would make 72 calls to her alleged attacker after the assault.
On Monday, the disgraced 79-year-old will walk into the Montgomery County Courthouse to face three counts of aggravated indecent assault, each carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Bill Cosby is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who came to him for career advice. Getting a jury who do not have an opinion or will suffer financial hardship is proving difficult.
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