Unless the student meant to drag the officer, manslaughter is a more likely charge than murder. What a thing to live with the rest of one's life. If a conscience is present, that is.
I beg to differ with you,I am Robert;s sister he should be charged with the maximum.My brother was a good man who serverd in the war a cop ,ahusband,and a wonderful father.His two boys are 6and1 his step daughters are 9and6.He aws just doing his job.This young boy tried to take off with him over in the car.He continued to driveto he got to a speed that my brother was thrown from the car.So hard that he was brain dead before he ever made it to the hospital.Before you pass judgement you should all people should get the correct true story Thanks, Rachel langley
I am Robbie's other sister. I fully agree with Rachel that he sould get the max that he can get. I hope he has to sit in that jail and think about what he hs done to our family for along time. He has taken a husband, father, son, and brother away from us. Robbie has children that don't understand where daddy is. On the other hand we as christian people need to pray for this boy and his family. Even though he took Robbie from us he needs our prayers as well.
Just fyi. IIRC, the typical rules re: capital murder don't apply to the killing of a "peace officer."
see below...
Miss. Code Ann. Sec. 97-3-19 (2), "Murder" and "capital murder" defined:
(2) The killing of a human being without the authority of law by any means or in any manner shall be capital murder in the following cases:
(a) Murder which is perpetrated by killing a peace officer or fireman while such officer or fireman is acting in his official capacity or by reason of an act performed in his official capacity, and with knowledge that the victim was a peace officer or fireman. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "peace officer" means any state or federal law enforcement officer, including, but not limited to, a federal park ranger, the sheriff of or police officer of a city or town, a conservation officer, a parole officer, a judge, senior status judge, special judge, district attorney, legal assistant to a district attorney, county prosecuting attorney or any other court official, an agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State Tax Commission, an agent of the Bureau of Narcotics, personnel of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, and the employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as peace officers by the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to > Section 47-5-54, and the superintendent and his deputies, guards, officers and other employees of the Mississippi State Penitentiary;