have been charged with first degree man slaughter as opposed to second degree. second degree man slaughter is a pretty light charge there. it included includes things like if someone s dog kills someone, the owner of that dog would be charged with second degree man slaughter if the owner had been reckless. so this is the lightest form of man slaughter he could have been charged with. that s correct. and frankly, 33 years of practice, i ve never seen someone charged with second degree man slaughter in my life. the people making those arguments are on the end of advance ago civil case on behalf of the decedent. i don t think anyone objectively looking at these facts with legal training would make that argument. i want to bring up something in our community with you today and, again, i appreciate you doing the show. you texted us a photo of eric harris, which we have here on the screen. it s a photo of him, both hands up, giving the finger with both
before shooting he alerted the other deputies that he was going to use the taser. he said taser, taser. as soon as he shot he sxlamd he had made a mistake. he has been transparent throughout. it was a it was a mistake. it was an error. it was not intentional. there was no criminal intent. well, if the mistake was a defense against man slaughter charges, then the thousands of people we have around the country who are in jail serving time tonight for automobile accidents that resulted in deaths wouldn t be there. every one of those was a mistake. no. many of those are duis or some kind of recklessness. that doesn t apply here. if you use your analogy, let s talk about a hospital setting or a well intentioned surgeon causes an injury that takes the life of the patient. it was a mistake. they don t get charged with man slaughter. it s recognized as a medical error. nurses give the wrong
civilian. all right. one round just went out into the sky. he s loaded. have units be prepared. unit right there, stand off, stand off. the gun is loaded. unit on stay off. oh! man down. the man survived received treatment at the hospital and then was arrested. the police chief says running him over with the car probably saved his life. the officer was cleared by the county prosecutor and won t be charged. we will analyze that video with our law enforcement experts as well as the latest on robert bates, the reserve sheriff deputy in tulsa, oklahoma who mistakenly shot and killed a man who was being arrested and is now charged with man slaughter. robert bates, defense lawyer will join us. there s plenty of political news
charged with their deaths. abc s aditi roy has the story. reporter: rescue crews pulled out the body of a man they belief to be 30-year-old mark lennon from the hudson river. there was a jet skier, 11:00, 12:00 today out he thought he saw a bow the he telephoned 911 call into our communications center. reporter: the victim supposed to be the best man at a wedding in two weeks. one of six passengers on a moon lit boat cruise involving members of the wedding party. authorities discover the body of a woman they believe was the bride-to-be, 30-year-old lindsay stewart. nothing but time will heal this. but it will never be forgotten. reporter: investigators say the man piloting the 21 foot sting ray friday night, 35-year-old was drunk when he slammed into a barge near a major bridge. he has been charged with vehicular man slaughter. at this point we have probable cause to believe he operated the boat while intoxicated. and that s the basis for the charge. reporter: the groom-t
man slaughter and negligence for the shipwreck of costa concordia . today marks the first anniversary of the shooting spree at an aurora, colorado movie theater leaving 12 dead, 70 injured. survivors of that theater attack from last year s connecticut school massacre held a rally where they read the names a new york woman fraudulently received $480,000 claiming she suffered a traumatic brain injury from the marathon bombings. she is the second person accused of trying to defraud the charity. and a man accused of stealing a bus in san francisco and going on a 100-mile joyride. in maryland, a tractor trailer knocked a car off the chesapeake bay bridge. the 22-year-old driver managed