Michael Slager Trial-Attorneys want to Limit what Prosecutors can Tell Jurors

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Attorneys for the former South Carolina police officer facing a federal civil rights trial in a motorist’s shooting death are seeking to limit what prosecutors can tell jurors.

Court documents filed Wednesday show attorneys for Michael Slager want a judge to limit prosecutors’ ability to bring up any anguish suffered by the family of Walter Scott or any references to Slager’s mental state.

Attorneys for Slager and the government are scheduled to be in court Friday to hash out issues ahead of his May trial. Slager is accused of violating Scott’s civil rights when he shot him to death as the motorist ran from a traffic stop in April 2015.

Slager is also charged with murder in state court. His first trial there ended in a hung jury.