Brooklyn DA Will Not Appeal Reduced Peter Liang Conviction

 

by Chris Fuchs

The Brooklyn district attorney will not appeal Peter Liang's reduced conviction in the November 2014 fatal shooting of an unarmed man — a decision that comes a little more than a month after NBC News first learned that the former rookie cop would also not appeal. 

The DA's office notified the New York State Supreme Court appellate division in a letter dated Dec. 6. Enclosed were documents, dated four days earlier, that agreed to the terms.

They were signed by Liang, his appeals attorney, and a representative for Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, court records show. 

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Source: NBC News