Sir, no punishment is going to undo any crime.

The facts of this case are that she admitted she intended to kill him in court. Words matter.

A series of events led her to the victims front door. She made a poor judgement call by entering what she perceived as her apartment with an open door. Whatever circumstances caused her to end up ay the wrong door dont justify the next steps. As a first responder she would have been trained to assess a cituation as best as possible before responding. An open door too your apartment is not an emergency, and it doesnt warrant imediate entry by one person with weapons drawn. Had she stoped to make an assessment she would have likely noticed that it was the wrong apartment. 2nd, protocol would have been too call for backup, again an open door is not an emergency, immediate entry is not justified. During the time waiting on backup she may have noticed it the wrong apartment. These are 2 blown opportunities to catch the error, both are mistakes. Since she did neither of those things she still should have announced her presence before entering. Miss #3. Three big mistskes/neglegent acts. Now she goes in and shoots a man eating a bowl of ice cream. She makes these three errors in quick succession and then shoots a man. When questioned she says she shot to kill.

That is not manslaughter. Manslaughter is when death wasnt the intent.
The lack of regard for protocol and poor judgement put her in a situation where she shot man. Mistakes like that have consequences. Something like this cant get a free pass.

What if it was her apartment and she walked into an ambush instead of an innocent mans apartment? What if the person who lived in the apartment shot her instead? What if the person living there tried to defend himslef and hit an innocent bystander? What if she hit an innocent bystander instead of the victim or and the victim?

Its murder because of the distegard for protocol, poor decisions, and her own words about intent to kill. The facts of this case justify punishment in my mind. I thought manslaughter too until i thought more about it this morning.

l her working a 13 1/2 hour day which lowered her alertness and ability to think quickly, .

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No, because most punishment is meant to deter future crime from other potential perps. This was 100% accidental. You're not ever going to deter this from happening in the future. So punishment doesn't make basic common sense here because you can't accomplish the most basic purpose of it.

Sir, no punishment is going to undo any crime.

The facts of this case are that she admitted she intended to kill him in court. Words matter.

A series of events led her to the victims front door. She made a poor judgement call by entering what she perceived as her apartment with an open door. Whatever circumstances caused her to end up ay the wrong door dont justify the next steps. As a first responder she would have been trained to assess a cituation as best as possible before responding. An open door too your apartment is not an emergency, and it doesnt warrant imediate entry by one person with weapons drawn. Had she stoped to make an assessment she would have likely noticed that it was the wrong apartment. 2nd, protocol would have been too call for backup, again an open door is not an emergency, immediate entry is not justified. During the time waiting on backup she may have noticed it the wrong apartment. These are 2 blown opportunities to catch the error, both are mistakes. Since she did neither of those things she still should have announced her presence before entering. Miss #3. Three big mistskes/neglegent acts. Now she goes in and shoots a man eating a bowl of ice cream. She makes these three errors in quick succession and then shoots a man. When questioned she says she shot to kill.

That is not manslaughter. Manslaughter is when death wasnt the intent.
The lack of regard for protocol and poor judgement put her in a situation where she shot man. Mistakes like that have consequences. Something like this cant get a free pass.

What if it was her apartment and she walked into an ambush instead of an innocent mans apartment? What if the person who lived in the apartment shot her instead? What if the person living there tried to defend himslef and hit an innocent bystander? What if she hit an innocent bystander instead of the victim or and the victim?

Its murder because of the distegard for protocol, poor decisions, and her own words about intent to kill. The facts of this case justify punishment in my mind. I thought manslaughter too until i thought more about it this morning.

One thought that came to my mind is if Botham Jean was anything like his younger brother than this was truly an even bigger loss and tragedy.

One thought that came to my mind is if Botham Jean was anything like his younger brother than this was truly an even bigger loss and tragedy.

Sir, no punishment is going to undo any crime.

The facts of this case are that she admitted she intended to kill him in court. Words matter.

A series of events led her to the victims front door. She made a poor judgement call by entering what she perceived as her apartment with an open door. Whatever circumstances caused her to end up ay the wrong door dont justify the next steps. As a first responder she would have been trained to assess a cituation as best as possible before responding. An open door too your apartment is not an emergency, and it doesnt warrant imediate entry by one person with weapons drawn. Had she stoped to make an assessment she would have likely noticed that it was the wrong apartment. 2nd, protocol would have been too call for backup, again an open door is not an emergency, immediate entry is not justified. During the time waiting on backup she may have noticed it the wrong apartment. These are 2 blown opportunities to catch the error, both are mistakes. Since she did neither of those things she still should have announced her presence before entering. Miss #3. Three big mistskes/neglegent acts. Now she goes in and shoots a man eating a bowl of ice cream. She makes these three errors in quick succession and then shoots a man. When questioned she says she shot to kill.

That is not manslaughter. Manslaughter is when death wasnt the intent.
The lack of regard for protocol and poor judgement put her in a situation where she shot man. Mistakes like that have consequences. Something like this cant get a free pass.

What if it was her apartment and she walked into an ambush instead of an innocent mans apartment? What if the person who lived in the apartment shot her instead? What if the person living there tried to defend himslef and hit an innocent bystander? What if she hit an innocent bystander instead of the victim or and the victim?

Its murder because of the distegard for protocol, poor decisions, and her own words about intent to kill. The facts of this case justify punishment in my mind. I thought manslaughter too until i thought more about it this morning.

I may have missed it, but the most important question has not yet been presented...would you?

I would.

ORDER IN THE COURT!!!!

Judge Dan has closed these proceedings and adjourned the Court.

The jumpy, non procedure following, murdering, harlot has been found guilty and will serve 10 years in a Texas state penitentiary for her crimes (eligible for parole in 5, which she will likely be granted).

That is all. Leave the court. Judge Dan says its over. SO I order yall to stop talking. Write her letter if you love her so much I will not heard her being defended any longer as she has been found GUILTY!

That is all

She obviously made many mistakes and is responsible for her actions, no doubt about that. In my opinion, the ones that cannot be excused was that she did not administer meaningful first aid and texted her partner after it happened. I think Criminal Negligence is a more fitting verdict, but that was not available to the jury. There is no need to debate the outcome, but several of the above opinions are not supported by current laws

1) The law says a person can defend life or property. Texas law does not require retreat.
2) I agree that she should have called for back-up, but at the time she was technically off duty and was acting as a person who was defending what she thought to be her property
3) By her account, she did announce her presence when she told him to put up his hands.
4) Of course she shot to kill. That's what happens when you pull the trigger. The larger question was did she enter with the intent to kill

This has been beat to death. She screwed up huge. Before the trial, I thought she should be acquitted. Upon hearing the facts, I moved to Criminal Negligence or Manslaughter. Not all Homicides are Murder and I do not believe this is a case of Murder.

Whatever the case, it's over until/unless its appeal. We all have opinions, but the state of Texas does not require someone to retreat. I agree that she should have retreated... but that does not mean that she was required to do so IF she was really at her apartment.

She got 10 years. 5 Years feels better to me, but I was not in the courtroom or deliberation room.

The facts of this case are that she admitted she intended to kill him in court. Words matter.