(CNN) Walter Scott and his family got a bit of justice Thursday when a judge decided to sentence former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager to 20 years in a federal prison. Issac BaileyUS District Judge David Norton found Slager guilty of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice. Here are the undisputed facts : Slager shot Scott in the back five times as Scott was running away. The only real question was whether it was first- or second-degree murder. And yet, a South Carolina jury looked at that video and decided it couldn't convict Slager .

Source: CNN December 08, 2017 00:00 UTC