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# TBS Today, Oct. 8
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/10/09/newsletters/tbs-today-oct-8-2024/
- Published: 2024-10-09T04:35:58.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-09T04:35:58.000Z
- Description: Judge slams DA's office handling of police manslaughter case.
- Author: Editor's desk
- Tags: Newsletters, #newsletters

A judge dropped a high-profile manslaughter case against two police officers Monday, saying the Alameda County DA's office "jeopardized the prosecution" by failing to file the necessary paperwork in time.

[Judge slams DA’s office, drops manslaughter case against copsJudge Scott Patton slammed the DA’s office for its “rushed and careless work” in filing the manslaughter case after the death of Mario Gonzalez.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/icon/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1-53.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/thumbnail/BI6A8713-1.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/10/08/courts/judge-chides-das-office-drops-manslaughter-case-against-cops/)

Today was a tough day hearing closing arguments in the Santa Cruz murder case we've been following. 

Arguments continue tomorrow and we expect to publish a story after that pulling together everything we've learned.

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