Posted on 09/30/2019 2:13:43 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
Murder does require premeditation. Texas law is clear here.
Manslaughter is what happened here.
Just like the jury let OJ walk - this jury had it in for a white woman cop.
“Murder does require premeditation. Texas law is clear here.’
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE PREMEDITATION!
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm
Blah blah blah... you’re taking me out of context.
Thanks for the link. It proves my point.
A Murder Charge requires INTENT.
Guyger did not go home that night intending to kill her neighbor.
“Thanks for the link. It proves my point.
A Murder Charge requires INTENT.”
DUDE, you posted ‘premeditation’. Do you know the difference between premeditation and intent?
“Guyger did not go home that night intending to kill her neighbor.”
When she fired her gun it was with the intent to kill him.
she killed someone.....she did not murder...
The problem is she testified she intended to kill him. There is no way to find manslaughter.
She was on drugs
I didn’t know that but, all due respect, I don’t think this “murder” charge is going to stand up on appeal. This was clearly not murder at least as I’ve always understood it. On it’s face this was CLEARLY a mistake on her part as she did not INTEND to go home that day, go in the wrong apartment and kill somebody.
We will see. That said, I think she definitely is guilty of manslaughter and deserves to go to prison. A man is dead and she killed him. I just don’t get “murder”.
I thought that as well, until I spent some time reading the Texas statute. I'm not a Texas lawyer, and I never practiced criminal law in Texas so the statutes on homicide were a bit different than I expected.
My bet it 30 years.
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