Murder Charge in U. of Alabama Theta Chi's Death

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

So, how is this murder (if it's true), and not manslaughter? Intent is a key component of a murder charge - did he intend to kill his fraternity brothers?

PeppyGPhiB, I don't know exactly what the basis for the murder charge is. A longer article in the Tuscaloosa paper (link below) mentions several subsidiary charges and says (or, to be more accurate, strongly implies) that "murder" has been successfully prosecuted in other drug distribution cases elsewhere in Alabama. I can't pretend to know or interpret the ins and outs of Alabama statutes or case law, though.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/p...1007/EDITORIAL


Update Dec. 24 '06: The U. of Alabama student paper has a fairly brief "update" about this posted on its site, dated Dec. 24. The paper's site is at:

http://www.cw.ua.edu

and if the story doesn't immediately show up, there are the usual tools to search and navigate the site. Supposedly there'll be more on this when they resume full publication on Jan. 10 '07.