Ronald Gasser's Prison Release

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Ronald Gasser

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Man who fatally shot NFL player Joe McKnight in 2016 released from prison

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Ronald Gasser , 62 , released from prison in October after serving 10 years for killing ex-football player Will Smith .

Gasser initially claimed he shot McKnight in justifiable defense of his life.

McKnight, 28 , was unarmed when he was shot by Gasser in December 2016 .

He received a 30-year prison sentence after jurors in January 2018 convicted him of manslaughter.

US supreme court ruled in 2020 that non-unanimous jury verdicts were unconstitutional.

He was given 25 years in prison yet benefited from the same ruling that Gasser did. Prosecutors re-charged Hayes with manslaughter while he awaited the case’s conclusion after bonding out of custody. He reportedly considered a guilty but stood a second trial in January ..

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