Guilty!
You guys should have caught one of the national news magazines tonight with a recap of the case and interviews with the jury.
The medical examiner said there were at least 15 areas of trauma on the deceased.
The jury admitted it was a case of mutual combat, but what swung the jury was Junta's general out of control fury (pushing his way back into the arena with such force that it left a bruise on the female manager's arm) AND that Junta had the opportunity to stop the beating when the deceased could no longer resist -- especially when people were screaming "YOU'RE KILLING HIM".
A couple of points here:
1. When you are mounted, to witnesses YOU are the aggressor;
2. You should train to include some submissions or immobilization techniques in your arsenal;
3. Juries tend to frown on battering someone with your fists repeatedly in the head area when they cannot respond.
It is not uncommon for people to die after they've been punched. (Most of the times it's when you punch someone and, in their drunken stupor, they fall over and crack their head on the pavement). In these cases, the aggressor almost always is found guilty of manslaughter.
Something to think about if your techniques consist only of striking.
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