[Abundy]

I wouldn't be so quick to judge this as a second degree murder. Sure, she didn't intend to put him through her windshield...but,

She's a nurse's assistant and she refused to give him aid over a two-day period? I'd argue that constitutes premeditation and malice aforethought with respect to anything that occurred after she drove home and sobered up...and I bet I could convince a jury to agree with me. At the least it is a depraved heart murder, but I think there is a strong argument for First Degree murder since she failed to render aid to him and had to know the eventual results of her deliberate inaction.

[BellStar]

Her brother the Fort Worth Fireman needs to be talked to about this and if he knew any thing about it.

[pray4liberty]

I know what you're saying, and I agree the charge should be murder in the first degree. It's likely, however, her sleaze Clintonite lawyer would plea-bargain down to second degree, and that's after he's through with his sympathy ploys.

Ms. Mallard should thank her lucky stars that I'm not sitting on that jury.

[Elsie]

At the least it is a depraved heart murder, but I think there is a strong argument for First Degree murder since she failed to render aid to him and had to know the eventual results of her deliberate inaction.

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Aide or not, she was a medical professional, and, with the Good Samaritan Law, to NOT render aid IS criminal as well as inhuman.