Commentary: Jury Rejects Felony Charges Against Mariner

Commentary: Jury Rejects Felony Charges Against Mariner

Part two of two-part series. Read part one here. Kimberly Slater’s five-year legal saga for pepper-spraying the Richardson Bay harbormaster has now ended. The jury returned not guilty verdicts on all felony counts.  “My whole perspective in life has changed—there’s more to live for now,” Slater, 34, told me after the trial.  I watched every minute of the six-day court proceeding, which ended last week. It was a waste of the court’s time and taxp…