August 4, 201511 yr I do. What do you think will happen? Plea deal, some degree of manslaughter...less than 20 to serve
August 4, 201511 yr Why not? I don't see Deters pleading Tensing out. Not after his press conference. They always blow off like that in the press, there isn't a prosecutor walking that won't take a deal over going to court and taking a chance.
August 4, 201511 yr Is it relevant? Only in the case of another channel beating them to a scoop, I guess
August 4, 201511 yr Plea deal, some degree of manslaughter...less than 20 to serve ^ This, with eligibility for parole in 5
August 4, 201511 yr IF you're the defense attorney (and I hear he is really good) isn't your ultimate goal to minimize how many years Officer Tensing goes to prison? That murder charge may prove difficult for Mr Deters as juries are hesitant to go that far with an officer of the law. However, I just can't see any way they see that video and completely let him walk free. As I've said, it will be a fascinating trial. I'm struggling to see it getting to trial, unless Deters just won't plea it down.
August 4, 201511 yr Plea deal, some degree of manslaughter...less than 20 to serve I'd be surprised if Deters took that deal. He's too deep into the murder angle IMO.
August 4, 201511 yr ^ This, with eligibility for parole in 5 One more reason I think Deters would pass on a plea deal.
August 4, 201511 yr IF you're the defense attorney (and I hear he is really good) isn't your ultimate goal to minimize how many years Officer Tensing goes to prison? That murder charge may prove difficult for Mr Deters as juries are hesitant to go that far with an officer of the law. However, I just can't see any way they see that video and completely let him walk free. As I've said, it will be a fascinating trial. That's what I'm thinking. The only two options for the defense are to convince the jury that Tensing was in fear of his life and that this fear was reasonable (this will be hard with the video) or to dehumanize Dubose to the jury and hope they'll give the benefit of the doubt to a police officer (venue and jury selection will be a major factor here too).
August 4, 201511 yr They always blow off like that in the press, there isn't a prosecutor walking that won't take a deal over going to court and taking a chance. I haven't see a prosecutor go off like he did. Calling it the worst thing in 30 years on the job that he's seen, saying Tensing should've never been a cop, that a Tazer wasn't even warranted in this situation, etc... As Clyde said, he's too deep in the murder category to back off and plead Tensing out.
August 4, 201511 yr I'd be surprised if Deters took that deal. He's too deep into the murder angle IMO. I think he takes it. He just seems like one of those guys that says everything the media and community wants to hear at the time. How soon would this go to trial if it were to?
August 4, 201511 yr I think he takes it. He just seems like one of those guys that says everything the media and community wants to hear at the time. Based on what?
August 4, 201511 yr I haven't see a prosecutor go off like he did. Calling it the worst thing in 30 years on the job that he's seen, saying Tensing should've never been a cop, that a Tazer wasn't even warranted in this situation, etc... As Clyde said, he's too deep in the murder category to back off and plead Tensing out. Eh, at the end of the day Deters is a politician and cranked up the rhetoric for what was a nationally reported press conference (as an aside, no one seems to care that prosecutors are necessarily politicians, except in cases like these). But, I don't know what circumstances would lead to a prosecutor to offer a plea deal in both/either a high-profile case and/or a murder case, especially if he believes he will win.* And conversely, would Tensing take any deal offered to him, particularly one that sends him to jail, or would he rather try his fate with a jury? *And just to tack on here, it's my understanding prosecutors offer deals because they don't have the resources to effectively try every single case and because it hedges their statistics for getting convictions (pleading guilty to a lesser crime still goes in the "win" column for a prosecutor). These incentives don't seem to apply in a high-level case like this. Edited August 4, 201511 yr by Habib
August 4, 201511 yr I think he takes it. He just seems like one of those guys that says everything the media and community wants to hear at the time. How soon would this go to trial if it were to? I've heard people speculate early 2016 at the earliest.
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