U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings ruled a local order finds “no person, party or attorney, nor any representative of a party or attorney, may contact, interview, or communicate with any juror before, during or after trial.”
Hankison told jurors he had no doubt officers were in danger as he had already seen former Sgt. John Mattingly shot when police burst through Taylor’s door to serve a warrant and he saw a “large muzzle flash” he believed was coming from an assault rifle.
"Because our whole job is to preserve and save life," Mattingly said.
Hankison told prosecutors said he saw muzzle flashes but never a fixed target, instead firing toward where he believed a person in the apartment was firing at officers with an AR-15.
David M. Schwartz, 48, a former officer with Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, has been sentenced to two years, while his former supervisor, Donna K. Gentry, 55, was sentenced to eight months of home confinement.
