I agree with previous Freepers who said the chase should have been called-off. At 100+mph, an arrest wasn't worth the risk. A man is dead because the pursuing officer didn't exercise proper discretion. I'm not saying the driver is innocent, but you're talking about a teenager who has as much judgement as an intern under Bill Clinton's desk.
My sympathies go out to the innocent officer and his loved ones, but this was not murder.
“but this was not murder.”
Officer discretion aside, someone was killed during the commission of a crime. That is murder.
You aren't? You just placed the responsibility for the officer's death on the pursuing officer.
First, the pursuing officer didn't make that little piece of excrement run, and second, if going over 100 gets the cops to stop chasing, everyone who runs from cops will know just how fast to go.
The charges will include felony eluding (of a law enforcement officer), reckless driving, reckless endangerment, speeding, possible grand theft auto, petite larceny, and at a minimum, involuntary manslaughter to voluntary manslaughter. Don’t think they can get them on premeditated murder if they didn’t deliberately aim at the police car.
However, if they are sentenced to CONSECUTIVE terms, they could be in jail for 20-40 years or more. Hopefully it will be more.