GlitchWizard said:In Florida, you can get the Death Sentence, even if it's an accidental death. I don't agree with that reasoning at all.
There should be room for such a thing as "accident" in my opinion. Not every death needs someone to be punished for it.
The article says that he has the possibility of parole. I agree with the charges. Fireworks are dangerous and should only be used in pyrotechnic displays by those people who know how to use them; not around homes, dry vacant lots, or farms with animals. :twocents:Wudge said:
I don't have a link, but I have about 600 pages of letters from death row inmate pen pals. I got it from there.Wudge said:Are you sure that in Florida the death sentence can result from a felony murder charge"? Would you happen to have a link?
GlitchWizard said:I don't have a link, but I have about 600 pages of letters from death row inmate pen pals. I got it from there.
A neighbor was charged with murder and arson. Karl Bowlin was sentenced to 5 years for involuntary manslaughter.
A review today of a Kansas Court of Appeals transcript tells the rest. Bowlin's trial lawyer never protested police questioning after Bowlin asked for a lawyer and didn't get one. Neither did the attorney protest what the appellate court found to be prejudicial comments by a preliminary-hearing judge. Nor were any defense witnesses presented at the bench trial.
Bowlin, 41 years old at the time, was set free after serving most of his time, and never retried.