Jury Exonerates 'Ed Boy' Sampson of Shoving Pregnant Woman; He Would Have Faced Up to 30 Years in Prison

Jury Exonerates 'Ed Boy' Sampson of Shoving Pregnant Woman; He Would Have Faced Up to 30 Years in Prison

After a trial of barely three hours, a six-member jury--four women, two men, one Black--took 105 minutes this afternoon to find Edward “Ed Boy” Sampson, 30, not guilty of aggravated battery on a pregnant woman.  On its face, it was not a significant case. But because of his criminal history, a conviction for Sampson would have doubled his punishment to up to 30 years in prison, with 15 of that mandatory, to be served day for day. Sampson would h…