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Corrupt-cop case still in jury hands
©Associated Press
November 1, 2002
JACKSONVILLE -- Jurors in the trial of a former police officer charged in the kidnapping, robbery and slaying of a convenience store owner recessed Thursday following a second day of deliberations.
The jury is considering the fate of Karl Waldon, who is charged with 15 federal counts, two of which could result in the death penalty. The 12-person panel will take today off and resume deliberations Monday.
If convicted of civil rights charges in the July 3, 1998, slaying of Sami Safar, Waldon could be sentenced to death. Safar was kidnapped after he left a bank with $51,000 to cash payroll checks for customers of his four convenience stores. Witnesses said he was choked to death in the back of a police car.
Waldon also faces charges he took money and drugs from drug dealers and lied to a federal grand jury.
Defense attorneys have claimed other former police officers who cut deals with the government lied in their testimony against Waldon.
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