COLUMBUS (AP) — A magistrate judge has set bond at $3 million for a white former Columbus police officer charged with murder in the December shooting death of Andre Hill.
Franklin County Magistrate Elizabeta Saken set the high bond Friday after the attorney for ex-officer Adam Coy unsuccessfully argued for bond between $25,000 and $250,000.
Coy entered a not guilty plea at the hearing following his Wednesday indictment for the fatal shooting of the 47-year-old Black man on Dec. 22. The charges faced by Coy also include failure to use his body camera and failure to tell another officer he believed Hill presented a danger.
Data shows that prosecutors will face an uphill battle in winning a murder conviction against Coy, who was indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury following an investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office.
Historical data compiled by criminologist Philip Stinson shows that of 96 criminal cases against officers concluded nationally since 2005, 44 resulted in convictions and 52 in acquittals.