And I believe the prosecutors added those lesser charges literally yesterday! the defense was incensed......throw everything against the wall and see if anything sticks......and lo and behold.....something stuck.
Sad for that man. He is a good man. Hopefully he’ll be out in a few, maybe write book. He’s been in for 2 years so that’s time served. I may try and contact him and encourage him.
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.