Not necessarily, the third degree charge was specifically called out as the sort of bullshit they charge in order to get the cop off on a lame technicality (it’s got all sorts of weird rules and probably unprovable requirements).
He's specifically facing 2nd degree unintentional and 2nd degree manslaughter.
What sucks is apparently 3rd degree murder can go up to 40 years, 2nd unintentional only up to 15.
i think they could have proven he did not have regard for human life and that disregard was “depraved”
But simultaneously he had no actual intent to kill him?
No that charge was absolutely designed to get him off.
edit: not specifically about this, but about charging cops and how they ratfuck it. https://twitter.com/realstevecox/status/1266243977528799232?lang=en
Not necessarily, the third degree charge was specifically called out as the sort of bullshit they charge in order to get the cop off on a lame technicality (it’s got all sorts of weird rules and probably unprovable requirements).
2nd degree is more straightforward.
To get a conviction they would have to show that and it’s how could you possibly do that?
That’s insane, and that’s why they charged him with it. He wasn’t depraved, it wasn’t completely without regard for life, it was intentional, etc...
This is why people were so pissed off and why Ellison wound up having to take over.
they have to prove intent now and they will never prove he intentionally killed him
i think they could have proven he did not have regard for human life and that disregard was "depraved"
He's specifically facing 2nd degree unintentional and 2nd degree manslaughter.
What sucks is apparently 3rd degree murder can go up to 40 years, 2nd unintentional only up to 15.
But simultaneously he had no actual intent to kill him?
No that charge was absolutely designed to get him off.
edit: not specifically about this, but about charging cops and how they ratfuck it. https://twitter.com/realstevecox/status/1266243977528799232?lang=en