Joe speaks out

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(05-30-2020, 12:41 AM)jason Wrote: I hear you... But that's not my point. Any of us would've been arrested that day. Maybe even by one of the 3 other officers on the scene. Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic... I dunno. Not to mention the fact that bond gets denied or set at a ridiculous amount for people charged with murder. They're kinda a flight risk.

And history and experience tells me that this might not be the slam dunk conviction that we all know it should be.

5 days is actually pretty quick to charge someone with murder.  Usually, they initially ask you to turn yourself in if you're not considered a flight risk.  It isn't like the movies and tv shows.  He may have had bond set at at a ridiculous amount, but the other cops aren't going to let him rot in jail awaiting trial.  They're gonna take care of their own.

He'll likely plead to the manslaughter charge and be out in under 5 years.