Posted on 09/22/2015 6:08:18 AM PDT by artichokegrower
The "defense" is that if the officer was not on duty while at the gas station, then the murder is not eligible for capital punishment.
Best stupid defense to me was the ol’ Twinkie defense. Double facepalm, har!
Why was his name misspelled in the article?
JK. We fixed that problem long ago.
opps forgot the / to close...
So what? Do you shoot someone looking for love?
The Texas Penal Code specifically defines capital murder as murder which involves one or more of the following aggravating factors:
murder of an on-duty officer or firefighter,
in the course of committing or attempting to commit a certain felony offense,
Murder for remuneration,
while escaping or attempting to escape a penal institution,
while incarcerated with a qualifying factor,
Murder of an individual under ten years of age, or murder of a person in retaliation for,
or on account of, the service or status of the other person as a judge or justice of any court.
The defense is going to try to say Deputy Mils was not "on duty" since he was meeting a woman at the time of the murder. That is going to be a hard sell in Texas since the murder was caught on video and the officer was murdered execution style while pumping gas.
I agree with you 100%. The sole responsibility of the defense attorney is to provide his client with the best defense possible. Making sure the crime the client is charged with is relevant to the circumstances. If the officer was not officially on duty and was engaged in a non-duty activity the defendant should not be charged with the capital crime of killing a police officer in the line of duty. An off duty officer, going about non work related activities, is an average citizen.
I am a firm believer in the principle of equal justice under law. Therefore I oppose any law that seeks to discriminate in the application of the law based on classifications or groups to which the victim or the criminal belongs. Law enforcement officers are citizens, just as butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers are citizens. It is counter to our founding principles to devalue the lives of common citizens by passing laws providing for a higher penalty when a police officer is killed than any random citizen.
Hate crime legislation is no different than legislation providing for higher penalties for crimes against law enforcement officials. Murder is murder, not matter who is murdered or the perpetrators rationalization.
If we as a nation are to return to the rule of law we must end the practice of discrimination in punishment based on arbitrary groupings of people. Pick a punishment, execution or life in prison, and apply it to every first degree murder, not just deaths of law officers, presidents, senators, and other members of the government.
I am surprised no one has posted the South Park episode with the “Chewbacca” Defense.
In this case, these Texas Prosecutors, in their minds, are picking a jury that will fry this bastard already. Neither the prosecutors or the judge will be deflected from this unspoken goal of killing this sob for shooting that cop in the back 15 times.
In Texas, “law enforcement” is a power unto it’s own. They will get what they want in this case. Average frying time in Texas is 10.87 years. This guy will die inside 5.
Oh, the deputy was meeting up for some HETEROSEXUAL SEX?
Well, it’s legal to kill him then.
GREAT DEFENSE THERE SPARKY, ATTORNEY AT LAW! /s
*facepalm*
Just aanother reason people hate lawyers
do you even know what a false flag is?????
wookin puh nub
Some of the comments to that story quote the Bible...like “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” No one yet has quoted “Goforth and do likewise.”
Easy as Pi... ;)
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