Yes, I expected manslaughter. Then again second degree will be harder to prove.
I heard on local radio that one such angle for law enforcement is to overcharge and hope for a plea deal on a lower charge and confession of guilt... God help Sanford if it goes to court and Z is acquitted.
I assume manslaughter will be a lesser included offense.
This is the first step in the grand design of the upcoming mau mau campaign, inspired by obama and used to such great effect by his cousin odinga in the kenyan Presidential election.
They want all those racist, Honkey Crackers to think twice before committing the hate crime of RWW (Resisting While White).
This is the first step in the grand design of the upcoming mau mau campaign, inspired by obama and used to such great effect by his cousin odinga in the kenyan Presidential election.
They want all those racist, Honkey Crackers to think twice before committing the hate crime of RWW (Resisting While White).
I was on a murder jury once.
Included among the judge’s instructions to us was that we could, as an alternative to a murder conviction, vote for the “lesser included charge” of manslaughter. I suspect that the case will be the same here.
They charged him with 2nd degree as the highest they thought they could reasonbalby get a jury to agree to, and hope to use this to pressure him to pead guilty to manslaughter.
Now whether or not they can even get a conviction on manslaughter is an open question. Given what I know currently, I’d let him walk.
Oh, and that murder trial? We let him go. Seemed like an open and shut case of self-defense to us. All twelve of us.
Aren't juries allowed to downgrade to a lesser offense if the higher charge can't be proved? Don't think it's fair, but it's reality.