“...If this is all they have, the DA may choose not to pursue this....”
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The cop who did the killing is off on one of the standard “paid vacations” such folks get.
“...Carter has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation, the university announced Friday afternoon. He was described by university officials as having an “extensive law enforcement background.”
Over the course of Carter’s eight-year law career in Texas, he has held nine jobs at eight agencies, including two stints at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, files kept by the state agency for licensing peace officers show.
He rarely was at an agency more than a year and his shortest job was for seven months as a reserve officer for the San Antonio Municipal Court Marshals Division. So far, the two years and seven months he’s spent at UIW is the longest stretch of employment, the files show....”
I wonder though, if the defence doesn’t offer evidence of his character or employment, and he doesn’t testify, if that can be introduced by the prosecution? Perhaps someone with a background in law can address this.
There is this, but I’m not sure how reliable audio alone is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3100394/posts?page=16#16
The autopsy might provide more information. If the student wasn’t drunk or on drugs, it would be very important to the prosecution, assuming that there is one.