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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Robinson" data-source="post: 1548116" data-attributes="member: 18849">It could be that the DA does not want to involve Lubbock in the national media circus that could take place if it goes to trial.&nbsp; The national media thinks anyone killing anyone anywhere for any reason in a state with a stand your ground law is proof that such laws are bad, never mind that in Texas provoking a confrontation specifically bars one from using that to relieve oneself of only one of several requirements to justify self-defense.&nbsp; The media might loose interest when they figure out an AR15 was not involved--looked like maybe a Ruger pistol caliber carbine.&nbsp; Personally, I think that is the wrong decision if that was the reasoning.&nbsp; If an unjustified homicide may have taken place then justice needs to run its course.&nbsp; There is no statute of limitations on murder.&nbsp; Maybe the DA will wait for the media to be distracted by something else, then file charges?At any rate, the wife of the victim has an extremely high chance of prevailing in civil court.&nbsp; In Texas one's house is not generally subject to auction to pay damages from civil court, but other assets can be taken.&nbsp; What are the odds the ex-wife will have much interest in the boy friend if he is stripped of most assets?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jacob Robinson, post: 1548116, member: 18849"] It could be that the DA does not want to involve Lubbock in the national media circus that could take place if it goes to trial. The national media thinks anyone killing anyone anywhere for any reason in a state with a stand your ground law is proof that such laws are bad, never mind that in Texas provoking a confrontation specifically bars one from using that to relieve oneself of only one of several requirements to justify self-defense. The media might loose interest when they figure out an AR15 was not involved--looked like maybe a Ruger pistol caliber carbine. Personally, I think that is the wrong decision if that was the reasoning. If an unjustified homicide may have taken place then justice needs to run its course. There is no statute of limitations on murder. Maybe the DA will wait for the media to be distracted by something else, then file charges? At any rate, the wife of the victim has an extremely high chance of prevailing in civil court. In Texas one's house is not generally subject to auction to pay damages from civil court, but other assets can be taken. What are the odds the ex-wife will have much interest in the boy friend if he is stripped of most assets? [/QUOTE]

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