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(11-30-2018 07:31 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:  

(11-30-2018 07:08 PM)MidJack Wrote:  

Manslaughter would have been a guaranteed guilty plea. Now she has a chance to walk.

Yeah... unless there's something we don't know (such as that they knew each other and she had some motive) murder seems like a reach. There's a difference between being evil and stupid (granted not much) and thats seemingly the line here

I know it's long, but read my post about Anita Alvarez a few posts above. The line is intent. Although Guyger believed she was justified, she admits she saw a person and intentionally shot him.

There have been cases where manslaughter charges have been thrown out entirely on those specific grounds: the killer intended to shoot the victim, so the prosecution brought the wrong charge and no manslaughter conviction would be possible, rendering the trial a waste of everyone's time.

DA's office did their job here.