Valnerion@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours 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-square15fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down17
arrow-up1238arrow-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-215 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareEgoNo4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·14 hours 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-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoBecause it’s okay, he still has 2 more daughters 👍
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·edit-25 hours 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-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agothe lightest charge, wrongful death, is civil. not criminal
minus-squareEgoNo4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·14 hours agoNo, I’m serious, please eli5… Where I’m from, murder + suspect = a trial…
Could someone please explain to me how the fuck do you kill someone, even if it’s manslaughter, and not get tried over it?
Because it’s okay, he still has 2 more daughters 👍
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.
the lightest charge, wrongful death, is civil. not criminal
No, I’m serious, please eli5… Where I’m from, murder + suspect = a trial…