article_snippet.sent: The former North Charleston police officer is charged with murder in the death of 50-year-old Walter Scott.
article_snippet.sent: If convicted of murder, The former North Charleston police officer faces up to life in prison or the death penalty, although a death penalty case appears unlikely at this point.
article_snippet.sent: Based on the facts revealed thus far, the facts does not appear South Carolina's death penalty provision applies in a death penalty case because there are no statutory 'aggravating circumstances' present," Scarlett A. Wilson, who is the chief prosecutor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in the state, said on her Facebook page.