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PostNouveau posted:I don't think she got convicted of classic murder. It was just murder. I'm just glad she didn't get murder lite or murder zero. People say they cant, but I can definitely tell the difference between murder zero and regular murder. Anyway, we don't have degrees of murder here. we have homicides, murder charges for regular intentional killings, that can escalate to capital murder under the conditions listed in code above. It is a defense during sentencing that the murder was a crime of passion, which lowers the offense to a second degree All here
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Ogmius815 posted:Edit: moreover, what felony was she trying to commit? B&E
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That would require her knowing it wasn't her apartment, and knowingly gaining access for some other purpose. Both of which would be unlikely to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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I think it was an intentional murder. But since both intentional and felony theories look like they fall under the same offense, it doesn’t matter. In any case it doesn’t seem like it was a capital murder under the statute.
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My guess is 20. Ogmius815 posted:I think it was an intentional murder. And that's what she got convicted of. Unintentional homicide is manslaughter
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Welp https://twitter.com/LaVendrickS/status/1179502183504662528
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Jury sentenced 10 years. I'm gonna pack up and go home, I don't wanna be stuck at work in Harry Hines if something happens 
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ten years and a felony conviction is still solidly life ruining so there's an upper bound to just how mad I can be about this
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Will she see the whole 10 years or this gonna be a parole in 3.5 with good behavior situation 10 feels low. 20 seems right. 15 is better than 10. Edit: looks like she’ll be parole eligible in 5 years skipdogg fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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 she'll be out on parole in half that time.
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5 years as a cop in prison tho I mean I don't believe in prison and it's hard to say how much anyone deserves for taking a life, I'll just take the conviction as a win.
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I had a guy I knew that got busted for a small amount of weed at 19 and barely out of high school. First time offense. Judge said he was going to make an example out of him and he spent 2 years in prison. 5 (most likely) years for breaking into somebody's apartment and killing them is unconscionable.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:ten years and a felony conviction is still solidly life ruining so there's an upper bound to just how mad I can be about this You know what is way more life ruining? Being murdered in your own home by a racist off duty cop. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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10 years feels low, but I’m not all that punitive and I hesitate to second guess the people who were in the courtroom and saw all the evidence.
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My gut said 15, and 10 doesn't really bug me. But I'm a white 30yo man in the suburbs. 
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I'm reading that she's ineligible for probation / parole and that jives with my vague memory of murder convictions in Texas, where are you guys seeing the five years thing? fake edit yeah it looks like murderers are only parole eligible after serving thirty?
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Gonna swerve this Texas politics thread with some foodchat: https://twitter.com/evan7257/status/1179220242821783555 (Evan's a Houston chron guy who is pretty right though I will admit to enjoying Kerbey Lane)
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The only people who enjoy insulting Austin more than the Legislature is literally everyone else in Texas.
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No Safe Word posted:Gonna swerve this Texas politics thread with some foodchat: 1stGear posted:The only people who enjoy insulting Austin more than the Legislature is literally everyone else in Texas. I feel like everyone else is more likely to insult Dallas than Austin.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I'm reading that she's ineligible for probation / parole and that jives with my vague memory of murder convictions in Texas, where are you guys seeing the five years thing? From what I found that only applies to people convicted of capital murder. Guyger was convicted of murder which is a "3G" offense, with 50% time served as the minimum. https://txparolelaw.com/eligible-for-parole-in-texas/
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No Safe Word posted:Gonna swerve this Texas politics thread with some foodchat: I made the mistake of following this guy and all he does is quote tweets and then say “uh” or “wow”
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I enjoy dunking on Austin as much as anyone but c'mon, there's good places everywhere if you bother to look. I like Tyson's Tacos.
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1stGear posted:The only people who enjoy insulting Austin more than the Legislature is literally everyone else in Texas. Hey this is Austinite-complaining erasure
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FBS posted:From what I found that only applies to people convicted of capital murder. Guyger was convicted of murder which is a "3G" offense, with 50% time served as the minimum. Yeah, glancing again I think i misread. Well, bummer. Even given my feelings about punitive justice five years is too short.
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Badger of Basra posted:I made the mistake of following this guy and all he does is quote tweets and then say “uh” or “wow” Following him saves like infinite other follows since he will RT interesting Texas stuff - like I don't want to have to follow MQS regularly - just follow Evan and only get the ones where he releases the god drat tape, why won't he release the tape!
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I am for this. https://twitter.com/GeneforTexas/status/1179524819467022336
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I mean kerbey is great pancakes, some of the best, but is anything else there worth writing home about?
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Sardonik posted:I mean kerbey is great pancakes, some of the best, but is anything else there worth writing home about? Pancakes are the easiest thing in the world to make well. Kerbey has no appeal for me since there are better biscuits and better breakfast tacos elsewhere. The main draw is the hours.
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Honestly the best breakfast place is a national chain, First Watch (Though local diner is good greasy spoon fare)
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There are no good restaurants or locations at all really to visit in Austin, please don't come here
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:There are no good restaurants or locations at all really to visit in Austin, please don't come here I promise we dont want to. The lines for the Kubrik Hologram presented by Tito's at SXSW will be nice and short for you.
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Badger of Basra posted:I made the mistake of following this guy and all he does is quote tweets and then say “uh” or “wow” Sometimes he has good content. https://twitter.com/evan7257/status/1179566595313688582?s=19
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Spacebump posted:
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When the capitol was first moved to Austin, it was a terrible idea to go to the middle of nowhere, and there was a whole lot of ridiculous drama over it. Therefore, if they move the capitol again, it needs to be to like the middle of a desert in New Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Archive_War
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I just want the high speed train from Dallas to Houston. My brother is in Houston and that drive is awful.
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Wow I can't believe they moved the capitol to Marfa
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poemdexter posted:I just want the high speed train from Dallas to Houston. My brother is in Houston and that drive is awful. Well the good people of the Brazos valley say: go gently caress yourself
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zoux posted:Well the good people of the Brazos valley say: go gently caress yourself I don't know anything about the plans for the train and any pushback besides the fact that it was planned and delayed a few times already. I also don't know where the Brazos valley is. I'll gladly drive if it means that people aren't having their lives destroyed in the path. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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