and agreed with our U-boat skipper as to cases tried by or from the media.
What the affidavit does do is affirm the proximate cause of the shooting as the lady's burns - the prosecution is stuck with that.
The photos of the burns - and the resultant scarring - are probably pretty bad. So, I'd use them in both plea bargaining and at trial. What other defense does the guy have, IF those are the facts ?About 10 minutes later, after a soldier said Loyd had been badly burned, Ayala pointed a pistol at Salam's head and shot him dead, according to court records.
Loyd had second- and third-degree burns over 60 percent of her body.....
Would be better if perp #1 (the Afghan) had taken off and was shot in hot pursuit. But, we have to deal with the situation we have, not what we'd like to have.
A lot of this depends on the guy's prior history - is he a nice guy or not - and what added facts come up from the defense discovery of evidence before trial, which we probably will not hear about.
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