Overview
- The Oneida County jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon, worked through Thursday, and will resume Friday with no verdict yet.
- Defendants Mathew Galliher, Nicholas Kieffer and David Kingsley face second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges, with Galliher and Kieffer also charged with second-degree gang assault and Kieffer accused of filing a false instrument.
- Prosecutors argued the men joined three sequential beatings that ended in the infirmary, while defense lawyers said they did not strike Robert Brooks and made split-second decisions in a chaotic scene.
- Multi-angle Axon videos, including 30 minutes of passively recorded footage without audio, were replayed at jurors’ request as they also sought legal definitions and medical testimony on Brooks’ neck and throat injuries.
- Ten guards were indicted in the case, six have pleaded guilty under deals, another trial is set for January, and a murder conviction could carry 25 years to life.