Walking into a man's house and murdering him while he is eating ice cream on the couch is illegal even for a police officer according to the jury.

Walking into a man's house and murdering him while he is eating ice cream on the couch is illegal even for a police officer according to the jury.

Is this the goofball that was sending pics of her junk to her patrol partner?

Amber Gieger

Glad to see the kunt convicted of murder. I hope she gets shivved in prison

The system works.

Recently it has gotten better when it comes to cops. I'll call that progress.

Did the victim buy her alcohol before she shot him?

I mean it's hard to say you feared for your safety when you're in someone else's home.

Progress is good indeed.

I think the judge will take it easy on her. If I read correctly the judge allowed her to use the castle doctrine as a defense in another man's house. No more than 10 years is my guess.

Walking into a man's house and murdering him while he is eating ice cream on the couch is illegal even for a police officer according to the jury.

This seems more like manslaughter than murder. A totally fucked-up tragedy.

This seems more like manslaughter than murder. A totally fucked-up tragedy.

That's kinda what I thought too. Maybe there was something more to it that we haven't heard. Either way before pulling the trigger she should have been able to recognize that she was in the wrong apartment and the man high as hell and eating ice cream on the couch wasn't a threat. They had enough time to yell at each other.

I haven't followed the story since it happened, but are we sure she went into the "wrong apartment"? I remember reading she had previous beef with the guy.

Manslaughter might apply if she had pulled her gun and aimed it, say, at a passing gaggle of geese flying by behind Jean with the intention of firing a warning shot or securing a Christmas goose or whatever and accidentally shot dude instead. Or if she pulled her gun but didn't intend to shoot and the gun accidentally went off cuz of nerves, then maybe manslaughter. But by her own statement to police she thought Botham was an intruder--so she drew her gun, aimed directly at Botham Jean, intentionally pulled the trigger and hit her target, rendering the human unlive. That's murder all day, every day, even in Texas.