Asclepias
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No I got it right. He wasnt convicted nor acquitted for murder 1. No double jeopardy.No. He was not acquitted. No DJ applies unless he is acquitted.And evidently they already failed to do this, so it would be double jeopardy.Peace of mind and justice for the family. Its a slap in the face to not convict him of 1rst degree murder when plainly thats exactly what it was.I am not sure what the 1st Degree Murder conviction would entail other then more years being added to sentence. He more then likely will spend the rest of his life in jail with the current sentence. This seems like a waste of time and taxpayer duckets. I am however very glad he got convicted because this man is clearly unhinged and a threat to society.
To hear prosecutor Angela Corey tell it, it's about justice.
"Justice for Jordan Davis is as important as it is for any victim," she said after the first trial in February.
CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said he can see how some people might think it defies logic to try the case again, but from Davis' parents' perspective, it makes all the sense in the world.
"If he winds up with 60 or 75 years in jail, from a pragmatic standpoint it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to retry the case," Callan said after the first trial.
"On the other hand if you're the parents of Jordan Davis and you believe, as well you should, that your son's reputation has been besmirched by this self-defense claim, the family (might) want a retrial, and that's something that a prosecutor has to consider carefully."
Be that as it may, I am not sure a Murder One charge would even stick. Doesn't the State have to prove he intended to murder premeditatively? I don't think it's a slap in the face of victims considering he will die in jail.
You said he was he was tried for Murder 1 but was not convicted of Murder 1. Or did you get that wrong?