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Strongly. >> so when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding, nice young man. >> monroe county district attorney sandra dorley. >> from the very beginning, people were disappointed that an indictment was filed against charlie tan and that we're taking this to court. but, you know what? we have to prosecute people who violate the laws of our state. >> assistant d.a. prosecuted the case...

These are lawyers and surgeons and big powerful people in new york state who are behind this kid. >> oh, yeah. >> we wish that hadn't happened but the kid deserves a break. >> the community felt that very strongly. >> so when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding, nice young man. >> monroe county district attorney sandra dorley. >> from the very beginning, people were disappointed t...

>> that this is over. >> it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. >> not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. >> were you willing to get arrested over this? >> absolutely. >> i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point. i didn't cross any lines. >> what recourse do you have? >> there's no appeal. that i know of. >> so charlie tan is free. >> that's it. there is no appeal as of from this trial order of dismissal, because there had not been a verdict by the jury. >> the event didn't happen. >> correct. >> so in the people...

>> so when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding, nice young man. >> monroe county district attorney sandra dorley. >> from the very beginning, people were disappointed that an indictment was filed against charlie tan and that we're taking this to court. but, you know what? we have to prosecute people who violate the laws of our state. >> assistant d.a. prosecuted the case in court....

>> not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. >> were you willing to get arrested over this. >> absolutely. i was more than willing to have hand cuffs placed on me to argue my point. because i didn't cross any lines. >> what recourse do you have? >> there's no appeal. that i know of. >> so charlie tan is free. >> that's it. there is no appeal as of from this trial order of dismissal, because there has not been a verdict by the jury. >> the event didn't happen. >> correct. >> so, in the people versus charlie tan, you had to cynically wonder whether the son's vocal supporters car...