GreenAnder t1_is64eez wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Reply to comment by dreexel_dragoon in Police arrest second suspect in Roxborough High School shooting by atwork925

I'm not sure where you read incompetent prosecution. I did read that the guy had his bail set at 1 mil and a judge reduced it to 170k.

dreexel_dragoon t1_is66ao7 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:15 PM

He was found not guilty on most charges, including 3rd degree murder. He killed a pregnant woman while driving recklessly without a license and the DA couldn't get the 3rd degree murder charge to stick, how do you not read incompetence into that?

Brahette t1_is6725b wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:20 PM

> He killed a pregnant woman

She survived, her baby did not.

dreexel_dragoon t1_is67g13 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:23 PM

I misunderstood the article then, thank you.

Ezaver t1_is7xxfh wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:15 PM

If they really tried to charge him with third-degree for that, it makes sense why it didn't stick. I feel lots of violent offenders escape jail time based on the prosecutor pursuing inaccurate or overly drastic charges that are much harder to prove.

signedpants t1_is68uf4 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:32 PM

He was also found guilty on multiple felonies and was awaiting sentencing, not sure where you're getting the idea he got off on all charges.

tossup17 t1_is7j6i8 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Why couldn't he get it to stick? You keep mentioning that it's because of incompetence, but where's the link talking about how the poor case of the prosecution caused his verdict, as opposed to some other reason.

GreenAnder t1_is6f14q wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:12 PM

He got off on a murder charge for killing the woman's unborn kid, not the woman. He was still convicted of some serious crimes and would have been doing multiple years in jail once he was sentenced.

If a DA that doesn't like throwing people in jail says a guy should not be allowed out on bail I'd tend to take their word for it, especially after said guy murders someone outside a school.