You can never be sure. Jury rules Howard County man fatally shot his son in self-defense in 2019, finds him not guilty of manslaughter
Police said the elder Tucker shot his son following a domestic dispute in Marriottsville, and he was eventually indicted by a grand jury on charges of manslaughter and using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.
According to Tucker’s defense attorney, Andrew Jezic, the younger Tucker had previously threatened to kill himself and his wife earlier that day and was threatening a friend over the phone on his father’s front porch before the fatal encounter. Police had said previously that the fatal dispute occurred after the son had injured another unnamed family member at a different residence.
The say that the indictment was the result of a grand jury, but the prosecutors control those fairly closely.
Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson defended proceeding with the case, writing in a statement that Tucker had been indicted by a grand jury and “it is our job to prosecute.”
Well, and prosecutors HATE self-defense.
Just because something is a tragedy, does not make it a crime.
Nobody involved EVER tells the public just how corrupt the Grand Jury process is.
ReplyDeleteThe DA/Prosecutor TOTALLY controls the entire process. There IS NO OPPOSITION to
the DA...no attorney for the other parties involved. The DA/Prosecutor has TOTAL
control over what evidence and testimony is seen and heard by the Grand Jury. It's
a TOTALLY corrupt and pointless process.