Mark Dial gets parole at sentencing in shooting death of Eddie Irizarry
Mark Dial will avoid additional jail time and was granted immediate parole after he was convicted of shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry.
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Mark Dial will avoid additional jail time and was granted immediate parole after he was convicted of shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry.
Judge Glenn Bronson sentenced former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial to an aggregate of 9 1/2 months to 2 years in prison and granted him immediate parole since he had already served 10 months while he was charged with first-degree murder.
Mark Dial, the former Philadelphia police officer convicted of shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in August 2023, is headed home after his sentencing Thursday.
A rally was held in response to the mixed verdict against former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial. The event was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation outside the criminal justice center. Dial was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment but not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in August 2023.
Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in connection with the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry in 2023. He was found not guilty of third-degree murder. Irizarry's family and Dial's attorneys reacted to the news Thursday afternoon.
The jury delivered a mixed verdict in the trial of Mark Dial, the former Philadelphia police officer charged with shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in 2023.
Despite Dial being found not guilty of the third-degree murder charge, the verdict brought a "little comfort" for the Irizarry family.
Brian McMonagle, Dial's defense attorney, said they were elated that the jury acquitted the third-degree murder charge, but they were disappointed with any conviction in the case.
Mark Dial, the former Philadelphia police officer charged with shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop nearly two years ago, was found not guilty of third-degree murder by a jury Thursday afternoon in a mixed verdict.
Mark Dial, the former Philadelphia police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry, told jurors at his trial Wednesday that he feared for his life when he shot and killed Irizarry in August 2023.
Mark Dial told jurors he feared for his life when he shot and killed Eddie Irizarry as he sat in his car in Kensington in 2023.
The trial of former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry in August 2023, continued Tuesday.
Testimony was in its second day in the trial of former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, charged with third-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry of Kensington in August 2023.
The family of Eddie Irizarry released balloons into the air one year after he was killed during a traffic stop along Willard Street in Philadelphia's Kensington section.
Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial is accused of shooting Irizarry while he was sitting in his car Kensington.
Sources say the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has withdrawn the first-degree murder charge against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry.
Dial was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry. His third-degree murder charge remains, sources said.
A judge has turned down a request to move the location of the trial of former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial in the death of Eddie Irizarry.
A judge has turned down a request to move the location of the trial of former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial in the death of Eddie Irizarry.
Attorneys for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who's facing first-degree murder charges, have requested a judge to move his trial outside the city, sources said on Thursday.
Mark Dial was back in court about one month after a judge dismissed all charges against him in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry in Kensington.
Body camera videos showed Dial shooting Irizarry in August as Irizarry sat in his car on a Kensington street.
Dial was caught on video shooting and killing Eddie Irizarry in North Philadelphia in August.
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office will argue charges against Dial should be reinstated after a judge dismissed the murder case last month, Jasmine Payoute reports.
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