02-24-2016, 05:35 PM
(02-24-2016, 04:53 PM)Cowboy_ron Wrote: You could very well be right, however I do know that crimes involving children are looked at differently........it appears that the prosecutor might have gotten cold feet. In Texas depending on what jurisdiction it is, some of the backwoods "good ole boy" type of DA's could convince a jury of laid off fast food workers that there indeed was intent of dehydration, and malnutrition and neglect.
You're right about murder of children (and police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs) being treated specially when it comes to death-penalty eligibility for the perpetrators.
But, even in cases involving such special victims, the death must be a result of 'first degree murder/premeditation' or have been committed during the course of a separate crime.
In the case of Baby Lucian, there is no evidence to support a charge of first degree or aggravated murder against the parents. So, the death penalty would not be in play anywhere in the U.S. (unless the good ole boy DA was corrupt and willing to perjure himself or distort evidence to support such a charge/conviction).