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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Judge cites 'stand your ground' law in clearing 3 more Florida officers in shooting of a UPS driver

UPS Shooting Florida - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A South Florida judge on Monday cleared three more police officers of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a UPS driver who had been taken hostage during a 2019 robbery.

Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Miami-Dade police officers Richard Santiesteban, Leslie Lee and Rodolfo Mirabal — who had been charged with manslaughter in the death of UPS driver Frank Ordonez — could not be prosecuted because Florida's “stand your ground” law justified the shooting. The same judge cleared officer Jose Mateo in September for the same reason.

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