Ex-Philadelphia officer sentenced and immediately paroled after conviction in traffic stop shooting
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 17 – Mark Dial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and related charges for the August 2023 traffic stop shooting of Eddie Irizarry and granted parole less than two months after conviction.
- On Thursday, Mark Dial was granted immediate parole after being sentenced to 9½ months to two years for the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry during a Kensington traffic stop.
- The conviction encompassed multiple charges after a jury found he acted unreasonably in firing six shots within seconds.
- According to the footage, body camera video shows less than 10 seconds elapsed before fatal shots, contrasting the initial claim that Irizarry lunged with a knife.
- Irizarry’s family and District Attorney Larry Krasner condemned the sentence as unjust, with Krasner saying, `It's way below the bottom end of the sentencing guidelines`.
- Meanwhile, Irizarry’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dial, Morris, the police department and the city, while attorney Brian McMonagle said they are reviewing a potential appeal.
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Ex-Philadelphia officer who shot and killed motorist sentenced and immediately paroled
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop was sentenced and granted parole Thursday by a judge, eliciting condemnations from the city’s district attorney and the victim’s family. Judge Glenn Bronson sentenced Mark Dial to 9 1/2 months in jail, and immediately granted Dial parole because he had already been jailed for 10 months following his arrest in 2023. A jury in May acquitte…
Ex-Philadelphia officer sentenced and immediately paroled after conviction in traffic stop shooting
A former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop was sentenced and granted parole Thursday by a judge, eliciting condemnations from the city’s district attorney and the victim’s family.
Outcry after ex-cop in Irizarry killing gets no additional prison time – Metro Philadelphia
A judge sentenced former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial on Thursday to no further prison time after he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for his role in the 2023 killing of Eddie “Junito” Irizarry Jr. Dial, 29, received a punishment of nine-and-a-half months to two years in prison – well below judicial guidelines, prosecutors said – and was paroled immediately because he was given credit for about 10 months of prior incarceration. D…
Former Philly police officer Mark Dial, who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry, released on parole after sentencing
Former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was granted immediate parole Thursday after being sentenced to 9.5 months to 2 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in Kensington in August 2023. Dial, 29, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in May and served 10 months in prison while he awaited sentencing.
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