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Police officers are correct 99% of the time. So I suppose these two officers who are intimately involved in that case fit into that magic 1% who are wrong about their own case?
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Could be, they originally presented evidence as to his guilt (or someone from the police did). So someone was wrong.
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Obtaining a sample would be a felony which did not cause the officer's murder. And unfortunately they were not in the middle of a larger deal. As far as the law is concerned they were not yet guilty of a felony crime even if they were going to commit one in the near future.
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They were in the middle of it, and in fact drug conspiracy is a crime in Florida. Dajuan Wager, plays in the NBA, his Dad was found guilty of it. He wasn't in the middle of it at the time of his arrest, but had guns and other items to work his operation.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/ne...04-369439.html
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No, but I ran from the police. Isn't that a determinant of guilt in your opinion? I must have been guilty.
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It is a determinant, maybe you were 16 at the time. Adults don't run when they have nothing to fear. But it just adds to the fact that they not only ran, but kidnapped someone, stole a car, etc.
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So why on earth did the State of Florida, no doubt a group of intelligent people, release her? If she is a murderer in terms of law by committing a felony which caused a death? It is not logical.
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Sure it is, I just explained several scenarios as to why she was released. You don't really think she's the first person in American history who was released after serving a long time in jail because witnesses disappeared, evidence was lost, witnesses changed their story, etc do you?
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It doesn't matter. According to the definition you provided, she is a murderer. Yet before her life term was completed she was set free. Why do you suppose that is? How can we account for that?
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Easy, not every criminal gets the same sentence for the same crime. There are other factors involved. As the judge stated when he gave him the death penalty there were other mitigating factors, all of which I listed. You think if you and I went out and killed someone and you had no prior record and I had 12 felony convictions and prison time we would get identical sentences?
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I am referring to your definition of murder which is that if you are involved in a felony and that crime is the cause of a death it is murder. Well the kidnapping would not apply for obvious reasons, it occurred after the fact. And kidnapping is not a capital offense although it is a serious felony.
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Again, that is not my definition. I already posted the statute, it clearly said that if someone is killed while in the commission of a felony you are guilty of murder. The kidnapping does not apply, but if that person had died accidently while kidnapped that, by definition in every state I know of, IS murder.