After his previous trial ended in a mistrial, today a jury found Lee Woods guilty of murder for the 2007 killing a police officer. Woods and two friends, Dexter Bostic and Robert Ellis were in a stolen car when Officers Russel Timoshenko and Herman Yan pulled them over; both cops were shot and Timoshenko died from his injuries. The three defendants were tried at the same time, but with different juries: Ellis was acquitted of murder (his jury believed he was the driver and not a shooter), outraging Timoshenko's family and the NYPD, while Bostic was found guilty and Woods' trial ended in mistrial when a juror had health problems. In Woods' second trial, his lawyer argued his client was the driver. Timoshenko's parents were thankful for the verdict.
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