2 former officers in Tyre Nichols case released from federal custody, placed on house arrest
Oct 07, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two of the former Memphis Police officers convicted of federal crimes related to Tyre Nichols' death have been released and another will remain in custody while they wait to be sentenced.
It is one step closer to what Tyre Nichols' mother calls "full justice."
Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean were granted release with home detention and GPS monitoring.
The judge clarified that Bean and Smith are only guilty of obstruction of justice and that both were compliant pre-trial and have remained out on bond for more than a year.
The government argued that now that they were found guilty, there is now a higher risk of flight.
Verdicts announced in Tyre Nichols federal trial; ex-officers taken into custody
Demetrius Haley will remain in custody.
His attorney said he would seek release from a higher court.
This comes just four days after a jury returned mixed verdicts against the men for their roles in the beating death of Nichols.
The jury found the trio guilty on some counts but not guilty on others, including violating Nichols’ civil rights. After the verdicts were announced, they were immediately taken into custody by Marshals.
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The full results are below:
Count 1 – Violating Nichols’ Civil Rights
Count 2 – Deliberate Indifference to Medical Needs
Count 3 – Conspiracy
Count 4 – Obstruction
Tadarrius Bean:
Count 1 – Not Guilty
Count 2 – Not Guilty
Count 3 – Not Guilty
Count 4 – Guilty
Demetrius Haley:
Count 1 – Not Guilty, Guilty of lesser crime of deprivation of rights resulting in bodily injury
Count 2 – Not Guilty, Guilty of lesser crime of deprivation of rights resulting in bodily injury
Count 3 – Guilty
Count 4 – Guilty
Justin Smith:
Count 1 – Not Guilty
Count 2 – Not Guilty
Count 3 – Not Guilty
Count 4 – Guilty
After court, WREG caught up with Tyre Nichols' mother Ravaughn Wells who said that Monday provided a small sigh of relief knowing that Haley will remain behind bars.
"We're okay for now," Wells said. "We're still waiting for the state trial to see how that's going to come about and hopefully, they'll get more time from that. And then, we can just move on and heal because we really just want to heal right now. It's just been a long journey and because this has been a high-profile case, it's just been a lot."
All three are set to be sentenced on January 22, 2025.
The state trial date has not yet been set.