(Johannes) Mehserle expected to be released Monday

[alp227]

Source: The Oakland Tribune

Former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle will be released from jail Monday and Oscar Grant III's family and supporters will be in Los Angeles over the weekend for several events leading up to his release, a family spokesman said.

Mehserle, 29, was convicted in July of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of Grant, a Hayward resident, on the Fruitvale BART station platform Jan. 1, 2009. He was sentenced to two years at Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail.

Cephus Johnson, Grant's uncle and a family spokesman, said the family was first told by state officials that Mehserle would be released Sunday, but then the date changed to Monday. Under law, the family of a crime victim must be notified when the perpetrator is released.

Johnson said he worries that Mehserle will be allowed out of jail without attending a final court hearing. "We are disappointed," he said, adding that the family also has not gotten firm information about the exact time of the release.

Read more: http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_18234723

[my2sense]

1. Seems the justice system is broken

when jail time for murdering dogs and humans is relatively the same.

[demosincebirth]

2. That was no murder.

[kenichol]

3. But if he'd been selling marijuana, he'd still be locked up

NO MORE DRUG WAR! This is injustice on a major scale.