Posted on 06/10/2026 9:24:51 AM PDT by Morgana
A stunned Court TV panelist was left shell-shocked after hearing Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony had been found guilty of murder.
Sunny Slaughter, a legal analyst, appeared slack-jawed as she gave her reaction to the verdict, saying she was 'not expecting' that the 19-year-old would face a murder conviction over the death of Austin Metcalf last year.
The case sharply divided the nation as Anthony claimed he stabbed Metcalf, 17, in the heart in self-defense, with debates over race and Texas's Stand Your Ground laws fueling controversy ahead of the trial.
After a jury found Anthony guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday, Slaughter said she was shocked that he did not face reduced charges of manslaughter instead.
'I did not expect the top charge,' she said. 'I really was thinking they'd see manslaughter, still guilty, but manslaughter.'
'But, wow, guilty of murder... that's heavy,' Slaughter continued.
'It seems like we're going to have a problem there.'
As the camera cut away to footage of supporters of Anthony and the Metcalf family clashing outside the courthouse, another person chimed in on the Court TV broadcast: 'This is dumb. This is dumb.'
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And reporting from the UK, Betty Beheader.
and send her to “live in a van down by the river.”
Her problem is the law was adjudicated fair and the correct verdict was rendered.
The continuing mentality certain class of people should not be held to account for their actions which occurs way to often in other states.
I’ll never forget their reactions when oj was let off.
The Babylon Bee couldn't touch this one.
“19-year-old would face a murder conviction over the death of
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19 year-old? Who cares.
The death of? something just happened to happen to somebody.
The language these shills use is offensive.
I agree with her. I wasn’t expecting it either.
Justice is a very rare thing today. 17 years is just barely scraping the surface of justice.
Bingo
Bkmk
I knew this was not going to be another OJ trial after Jury selection. I knew we would get a guilty verdict.
Then it got worse on day 1 when it was reported that the men on the jury were crying during testimony. That is never a good sign.
(’I did not expect the top charge,’ she said)
Well of course not.
How about a $15 fine? That work for you?
This wasn’t a close case. The jury likely had a verdict before three hours but killed time to make it look respectable.
‘It seems like we’re going to have a problem there.’
Translation: “I fully expect riots and stuff to be on fire soon”.
Bringing the knife to the tract meet clinched it for the juries - it shows intent and planing with intent.
If the death had occurred in some other way in a fight without the pre-planned knife, he may have gotten manslaughter instead of murder.
Someone on Court TV doesn't know what murder is. She may be in the wrong line of work.
Black people now think it’s okay to kill people and it’s racist to say it’s not.
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