This white guy was guilty of stupidity. He probably told the truth to the cops and that's usually a bad idea. There were no witnesses so he should have said something like "she was screaming like a nutter and said she had a gun and was going to come in and kill the white boy". Or perhaps just keep your mouth shut.
What the heck are you smoking?
Well, other than the white guy part, you shouldn't tell the cops anything till you have spoken to a lawyer first.
How about not shooting the teen in the first place?
Obviously, and that is as I have said from the first time I posted on this thread; unjustifiable homicide.
But I think the guy should have gotten manslaughter due to him just having been awakened in the middle of the night. But prosecutors these days maximize everything to get people to plead.
At least the perp had the balls to take it to court.
I could be wrong, but I believe you can be released from prison in 1-2 yrs on a manslaughter charge. I don't think that amount of time would be appropriate for this crime.
Then change the sentencing guidelines. The legal definition is manslaughter if the guy wasn't in complete control of his mind at the time, and being half asleep is such an altered mental state.
You can't kill someone because you woke up on the wrong side of the bed, dummy.
No, you cant, but it can be an extenuating circumstance, you betcha. Especially since the drunk was the one who woke the dude up in the first place with her shenanigans.
Jesus I am sick of irresponsible children acting like retards then everybody wants to burn the person that reacts to the stupid bullshit like they wouldn't have done the same damned thing.
Put yourself in that mans place...no, never mind, you simply do not have that in your mental capacity talking points.