things sort of automatically on reflex. without a lot of time to think about it, to professor turley s point that it goes to conscious disregard, i don t see it there. i think this was a pure accident. jacqui: you have the unique position of being both a district attorney and former police officer. one of the arguments the prosecution made in the final moments of this trial, the closing argument, was that an accident is still a crime. does that read differently to you as a police officer versus someone who is prosecuting a case? what do you make of that? l, jacqui, that s preposterous. if it s an accident, it s an accident. that s why the law recognizes accidents as an affirmative defense. by definition, accidents are not crimes because there is no what we call culpable mental state. he crime requires not only a guilty act, but a guilty mind, even in criminal negligence that requires something like a