Courtroom observers speculated this turn of events may have reflected the jury’s irritation at prosecutorial overreach in a largely circumstantial case.
A San Francisco jury found filmmaker Kevin Epps not guilty of first- or second-degree murder on Monday December 15, as a nine-year-long legal saga reached a tipping point.
The murder trial of SF-based filmmaker Kevin Epps has been a highly-procedural affair to date, as the prosecution has relied heavily on law enforcement...
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Eric Fleming has announced a sentence of 31 years in prison, followed by two consecutive life sentences for Keonte Gathron, convicted of the murder of Chinese grandmother Yik Oi Huang.
The murder trial of Kevin Epps, executive editor for the legacy Black newspaper SF Bayview, has resumed after a six year hiatus. Epps' supporters are questioning the controversial use of digital animation as supposed new evidence by the DA.
The trial of Kevin Epps has nothing to do with the impartial pursuit of justice and everything to do with the background of structural injustice that defines prosecutions like this one.