Former Memphis Police Department officer Justin Smith Jr., right, becomes emotional as he hugs Michael Stengel, left, the defense attorney for fellow former officer Demetrius Haley, after Smith ...

A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a nine-day trial in state court in Memphis. After the jury's ...

Justin Smith, Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean had been charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in ...

The men, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, faced a total of seven counts in the state trial for their role in the 2023 fatal beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old father who had told ...

Former police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith — who were previously found guilty of witness tampering but acquitted of civil rights charges following a federal trial ...

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith all face charges of murder in the second degree, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and ...

Demetrius Haley, left, Tadarrius Bean, and Justin Smith, Jr., rear, three former Memphis Police Department officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols in 2023, sit in the courtroom during ...

Attorneys for Bean and Smith called character witnesses who testified that the men were good officers who did their job the right way. Demetrius Haley, left, Tadarrius Bean, and Justin Smith ...

A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a nine-day trial in state court in Memphis. After the jury’s ...