And, how do you know what the police "determined"? I can tell you from personal experience that decisions about charging people with crimes aren't necessarily made based on whether or not the police or the district attorney's office believe a crime was committed. Those decisions are based on whether or not the DA and/or police believe there is sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction. Two very different things.
Originally Posted by timpage
First, when the police don't "charge" someone involving an offense as serious as killing someone, it tells me (in my
personal experience) that those investigating the incident reviewed the evidence they had gathered with the "intake" ADA and the "intake" ADA, perhaps after brainstorming with co-ADAs decided there was no crime (in this case because the evidence showed self-defense to a level they were unable to overcome) or there was insufficient evidence to prove that a crime had been committed. For your edification: Excusable Homicide in Florida is NOT A CRIME. In addition "justifiable homicide" is ALSO NOT A CRIME. (In my "
personal experience")
Secondly, those are not two different things ... if there is insufficient evidence to prove a crime ... there is no crime legally ... and the rest is speculation between your ears .. and all those "other people" ...
All I can add .. is .... I hope you ... and all those "other people" who think like you do ... don't ever get investigated for "a crime" and have the charges NOT FILED, because then when you answer a question regarding whether you have ever committed a crime .. you will have to answer "yes" ... and then explain ... unless, of course, you are "special" ....
Now why was it that a "special prosecutor" had to be assigned to the trial of the "no crime"?