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The evidence might have been admissible under a change in California law passed in 2020, which lowered the standard for charging officers in fatal use-of-force cases, but it did not apply retroactively, Hochman said.

"He looks forward to vindicating himself in court, where such matters are decided—and not in the media—based on admissible, material evidence, not rank speculation and unsubstantiated allegations," Mr Davis continued.

It added that it would not reopen the investigation unless a wealth of new, unexamined, and admissible evidence was introduced.

Wiretaps and recorded conversations without the knowledge of the parties aren’t legally admissible in Colombian courts.

He said he had reviewed his earlier decision that the statements of Soldier G and Soldier H were admissible in evidence and it stood.