Local news reports - our post at the time of the incident.
A Florida grand jury has indicted a man on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a teenager following an argument over loud music coming from the teen's car.I'm glad to hear they won't seek the death penalty. For me it's enough that there's one less dangerous gun owner out there. It's pretty sure Mr. Dunn won't be shooting anybody else for a good long while.
The Florida Times-Union reports officials in the state attorney's office said Thursday they won't be seeking the death penalty against 46-year-old Michael David Dunn. He was initially charged with second-degree murder.
Dunn is accused of the Nov. 23 shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis.
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I thought he was using the Get Away with Murder law--isn't that supposed to be a guarantee? Or could you and Laci have been wrong?
ReplyDeleteGreggie, honey, do try to keep up.
ReplyDeleteHe IS, according to his lawyer, going to plead innocent, citing Florida's "Stand your ground" laws and subsequent judicial rulings as part of his defense.
One major difference between him and your other Gatorhero is that Trayvon Martin's killer is the only one who was able to offer any eyewitness testimony to the moment of the shooting. See, it's not really that difficult to think these things true--but it's a lot easier if you're not clogging your head up with visions of gunzloonzfairies dancin' on the perps' corpses.
Zimmerman's lawyer says he will present an eyewitness at trial, so be patient--something you're not good at, Mr. ADHD. The point that I was making, and I'm not surprised that your demented brain missed it, is that gun control freaks call Stand Your Ground a guaranteed get-out-of-jail-free card. But this man is going to trial, and unless his lawyer can come up with something special, he's going down.
DeleteIf there was a shotgun involved in the way he claims, and subsequently dumped, cut him loose. He's an idiot for not calling cops after, etc. but the presence and brandishing of a shotgun would be the definitive factor.
ReplyDeleteIf, on the other hand, this guy was the angry asshole portrayed in the media, there was no shotgun, and the shooting was unjustified, then go for the chair. Not going for it in that case is just laziness on the prosecutor's part--trying to get the guy to plead guilty quickly and save the prosecutor from real work.
"The point that I was making, and I'm not surprised that your demented brain missed it, is that gun control freaks call Stand Your Ground a guaranteed get-out-of-jail-free card"
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you meant, moron, which is pretty much what my comment was about.
Zimmerman's "eyewitness" is someone different than any of the ones already interviewed by police? They're not looking to be solid witnesses at the moment. (source:http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-eyewitnesses-in-the-z)
As for mikeb302000's and Laci the dog's take on "Stand your ground"; well, I know how much you like numbers:
http://www.tampabay.com/stand-your-ground-law/