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Originally Posted by naraht
If the prosecutor chooses not to file charges, that is his/her decision, but I really think that with the information given that Manslaughter could reasonably be charged and convicted on.
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I think the prosecutor would be neglecting his duties if he didn't file charges.
We have a similar case here in Oklahoma City where two kids attempted to hold up a convenience store. The pharmacist shot one of the kids in the head, not killing him, then chased the other outside.
The video footage of the incident shows the pharmacist calmly walk back into his store, walk around the counter, turning his back to the would-be robber, retrieving a second gun, walking over to the robber and shooting the robber in the chest/stomach five more times. The attempted robber turned out to be a 14 year old kid who had been put up to this by two 30-something men.
So now, the pharmacist is charged with Murder in the First Degree while the survivors/accomplices are all charged with felony-murder (Oklahoma is in the minority of states which don't follow the agency rule, so co-conspirators can be charged for the death of an accomplice).
Our D.A. did his job despite *massive* public outcry. I think justice has to be blind to politics. I have a huge amount of respect for our D.A. -- a guy who only won his last election by less than one-thousand votes.
Being burglarized does not give one license to hack someone to death with a sword. This is at the least voluntary manslaughter. Maybe even Murder.
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