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It wasn't a trial per se.
A Grand Jury deemed there was insufficient evidence to bring the issue to trial.
Given that it's said that a Grand Jury in America would indite a ham sandwich; it's fair to say that someone, a black man at that, walking away without a legal blemish shouldn't be subject to further non-judicial punishment.
Actually he DID have a trial and was found not guilty by 12-0.
"A Dallas jury found former Minnesota Vikings cornerback Jeff Gladney not guilty on a felony assault charge Thursday.
The verdict was unanimous, according to online court records."
I don't know how Texas works it may be different but it sounds like the grand jury indicted him and they also had a grand jury for the verdict. In California they sometimes use a grand jury to decide whether to charge or not and then use a regular not grand jury for the actual trial, in which case the verdict has to be unanimous. Since the story specifically said the verdict was unanimous I'm assuming they had a grand jury do the verdict too but I could be wrong?