[Peace-discuss] Julia Reitz interview on PBR

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Thanks for the link, Wayne. I printed off Reitz's report and will read it all of it, since there surely are some pretty huge leaps in there somewhere. 
 
I think it's appropriate to consider Norbits "a defendent," and the fact that he did not re-holster his gun with the safety back on as any or all of these: gross negligence, criminally negligent manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, aggravated assault, second degree murder. 
In the meantime, there's this from Wikipedia (the highlights are mine):
 
Criminally negligent manslaughter
Criminally negligent manslaughter is variously referred to as criminally negligent homicide in the United States, gross negligence manslaughter in England and Wales or culpable homicide in Scotland.
It occurs where death results from serious negligence, or, in some jurisdictions, serious recklessness. A high degree of negligence is required to warrant criminal liability. A related concept is that of wilful blindness, which is where a defendant intentionally puts himself in a position where he will be unaware of facts which would render him liable.
Criminally negligent manslaughter occurs where there is an omission to act when there is a duty to do so, or a failure to perform a duty owed, which leads to a death. The existence of the duty is essential because the law does not impose criminal liability for a failure to act unless a specific duty is owed to the victim. It is most common in the case of professionals who are grossly negligent in the course of their employment. An example is where a doctor fails to notice a patient's oxygen supply has disconnected and the patient dies (R v Adomako).
 
United States Law
In jurisdictions such as Pennsylvania, if a person is so reckless as to "manifest extreme indifference to human life", the defendant may be guilty of aggravated assault as well as of involuntary manslaughter.[17]
In many jurisdictions such as California, malice may be found if gross negligence amounts to wilful or depraved indifference to human life. In such a case, the wrongdoer may be guilty of second degree murder
 
There's surely a case here against Norbits, but the family and friends of Kiwane Carrington need an excellent lawyer.
 --Jenifer

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:


From: E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Julia Reitz interview on PBR
To: "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 1:28 PM


Link to podcast of the interview.  Very Disturbing.

http://will.illinois.edu/news/story/rietzfull1208091/

I was standing there with a loaded .45 and it just happened to go off.
I wasnt intending to shoot anyone.  It's just a loaded .45 with the safety off.

Sounds like to me that they were trying to justify the killing by creating the idea that the young man deserved to die.


On 12/9/2009 10:13 AM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote: 





I just heard Julia Rietz interviewed on WILL AM 580, which may have been more extensive but abbreviated by PBR. But at the end of the interview, my questions -- for starters -- are:
 
1- Why was Norbitt's gun out of its holster if the officer(s) didn't intend to shoot the kids?
2- Why was there an investigation of Kiwane's whereabouts prior to his appearance on Vine Street?
3- Why would Kiwane's behavior earlier in the day (or earlier in his life) have any bearing on his death at that particular moment in time?
4- Did Reitz's investigation include the whereabouts of the officer(s) earlier in the day, or... 5- Did it include an investigation of the officer(s) earlier life? That would have be relevant, because it was the actions of the officer(s) that were being investigated. 
 
As I say, those were just for starters. I was gratified to note that Ms Reitz stated that her investigation did not include things such as whether police procedures were followed... tho' shouldn't that also have been part of the State's Attorney's responsibility?
 --Jenifer    
 
 

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