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Imminent danger? what is malice? why consider this voluntary manslaughter charge? those series of questions were presented to not just the state but also the defense to instruct the jurors to go back and deliberate. this being the fourth day of deliberations. at least five hours spent by the jurors today. we were called into the courtroom a short time ago. andy savage, defense attorney for michael slager, asking for them to be an alternative charge. the judge did not issue that. it was minutes after that that the jurors spilled into the courtroom, handing a note to the judge saying they were u...

Prosecutors have asked for the first time that jurors also consider the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. now, the judge told the jurors a conviction on that charge would mean they believe widmer assaulted his wife and caused her death without intending to kill her. now, experts are saying that prosecutors' request for a lesser charge signals that they are willing to settle for any homicide-related conviction to avoid yet another trial which would be trial number four be. they also think the testimony of the so-called mystery witness may have helped lay the legal foundation for this a...