It is pretty common to charge with more serious offenses in cases like this. Then the jury can convict of lesser. What is not common is charging with murder 1.
IMO opinion it is close whether he was guilty of manslaughter. However, I would never vote to convict, as those kids had it coming.
Yes, but they only added the lesser charges yesterday. For the whole trial it was murder 1. The defense was irate and he brought it up in his closing statement.
I feel bad for the attornies too. They were superb. Couldnt have done a better job.
Had they not added those lesser charges, he’d be free. They voted NOT GUILTY on the murder 1 charges. The original and only charges.