Valnerion@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoMan who shot a British woman in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump' won’t face criminal charges. A grand jury declined to indict him.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down19
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkMan who shot a British woman in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump' won’t face criminal charges. A grand jury declined to indict him.www.bbc.comValnerion@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareEgoNo4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·6 months agoCould someone please explain to me how the fuck do you kill someone, even if it’s manslaughter, and not get tried over it?
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoGrand jury, not regular jury, which likely consists of rich white men that’s a holdover from Jim crow. Prosecutors who agree with the defendent and intentionally try for charges they know won’t stay. Texas.
minus-squareEgoNo4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoNo, I’m serious, please eli5… Where I’m from, murder + suspect = a trial…
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoBecause it’s okay, he still has 2 more daughters 👍
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agothe lightest charge, wrongful death, is civil. not criminal
Could someone please explain to me how the fuck do you kill someone, even if it’s manslaughter, and not get tried over it?
Grand jury, not regular jury, which likely consists of rich white men that’s a holdover from Jim crow. Prosecutors who agree with the defendent and intentionally try for charges they know won’t stay. Texas.
No, I’m serious, please eli5… Where I’m from, murder + suspect = a trial…
Because it’s okay, he still has 2 more daughters 👍
the lightest charge, wrongful death, is civil. not criminal