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News: Woman charged for murder of Boyfriend -who was killed by Cop
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Woman charged for murder of Boyfriend -who was killed by Cop
Woman jailed for MURDER because she was with her boyfriend when cops shot him as they fled police
- Jessica Hicks charged with first-degree murder in Craig Uran's 2014 death-by-cop in Phoenix, Arizona
- Uran, 26, was shot dead by an officer after carjacking a woman and leading police on a chase
- Hicks was in the passenger seat and allegedly took part in carjacking
- Arizona's law holds that if a killing occurs during the commission of certain felonies, person responsible for the felony can be charged with murder
- If convicted of the charge, Hicks, a mother-of-three, can face life in prison
- Officer David Norman, who fired the shot that killed Uran, has been cleared of any wrongdoing
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essica Hicks has spent the past two years in an Arizona jail, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of her ex-convict boyfriend during a carjacking followed by a chaotic police chase.
Only it was not Hicks who pulled the trigger, killing 26-year-old Craig Uran - it was a Phoenix police officer.
Hicks, then 23, was charged under Arizona’s felony murder rule, which holds that if a killing occurs during the commission of certain felonies, such as unlawful flight from law enforcement or robbery, the persons responsible for the felony can be charged with murder.
The same is true even if a participant in the felony is not directly responsible for the death, which was the case in Uran’s killing.
Arizona is one of 46 states that have a felony murder rule on the books.
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For Hicks and Uran, it all started on the morning of March 18, 2014, when Uran pointed a handgun at a detective as the officer followed the suspect who was driving a stolen truck along Interstate 17, according to The Arizona Republic.
A chase ensued, during which Uran and Hicks drove into an underground parking garage in a section of downtown Phoenix known as CityScape.
Once inside the garage on Jefferson Street, Uran ditched the truck and carjacked an SUV from Vicky Lopez, an attorney from Mesa, telling her he had a gun, reported CBS 5.
Hicks helped her boyfriend take away the victim's keys to her 2011 Ford Escape, and the duo drove off, with a caravan of police cars, including an armored vehicle known as a Bearcat, on their tail.
As the SUV turned east on Jefferson Street, it was rammed by the police mini-tank, causing it to spin out of control. It eventually came to a stop on the sidewalk outside a Subway sandwich eatery.
According to a probable cause statement cited by Phoenix New Times, police vehicles attempted to pin the carjacked SUV to the wall of the Subway restaurant, but Uran 'attempted to accelerate, refusing to follow officers' commands to stop trying to drive away.'
The document goes on to say that a SWAT officer, ‘fearing for the lives of bystanders’ milling about on the sidewalk, fired his rifle once, killing Uran.
Police later said they had to shoot Uran also because he was observed ducking as if to pick up a gun.
Hicks, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was then dragged out of the vehicle through the window, handcuffed and slammed to the ground by police.
She was charged with first-degree murder in her boyfriend's killing, armed robbery and auto theft.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4IH9hkwrj
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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wtf 
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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So the cop killed the guy but she's getting charged with murder? What?
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What the hell  I don't understand.
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Member Since: 10/13/2011
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I ****ing hate police that think they're above the law, this is actually ridiculous. How do police keep getting away with wrongfully murdering people? To the point that they can put the blame on someone else?
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Originally posted by P!nk
I ****ing hate police that think they're above the law, this is actually ridiculous. How do police keep getting away with wrongfully murdering people? To the point that they can put the blame on someone else?
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Did you read the article though?
The law is, if a death is the result of someone committing a crime, the person committing the crime is charged instead of the person who pulled the trigger (in this case the police officer).
Knowing US cops, he probably fired too early but he acted within the law, this is only making UK headlines because it's a weird law and people in the UK love to pretend they're a million times better than Americans.
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Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
Did you read the article though?
The law is, if a death is the result of someone committing a crime, the person committing the crime is charged instead of the person who pulled the trigger (in this case the police officer).
Knowing US cops, he probably fired too early but he acted within the law, this is only making UK headlines because it's a weird law and people in the UK love to pretend they're a million times better than Americans. |
It's a very bizarre law that I genuinely think is disgusting. I don't think the UK is any better in many ways but with the police, it angers me seeing such articles.
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Originally posted by P!nk
It's a very bizarre law that I genuinely think is disgusting. I don't think the UK is any better in many ways but with the police, it angers me seeing such articles.
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ahh the reading comprehension of the average ATRLer 
This focus of this article has nothing to do with the police. It has more to do with the District Attorney and the state laws of Arizona. Obviously they were a danger to themselves and innocent civilians so the death is justified. Its her murder charge that is under debate.
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This law was created for a scenario like this: some idiot pulls a fire alarm or calls in a fake bomb threat, and when emergency vehicles are rushing to the scene, an innocent person accidentally gets run over and killed. The idiot who broke the law by creating a fake emergency could also be charged with manslaughter.
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Police using legal loopholes as always? Shocking.
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Well, he really was breaking the law and was under pursuit. She WAS helping.
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Wait! Lemme trademarked that before someone else will. 
What a weird law though.
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Un****ing believable but I'm not surprised this is in the shithole that is Arizona
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Arizona is one of 46 states that have a felony murder rule on the books.
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Arizona coming for Floridas wig....
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Wow I never knew of such law. Kind of sad if she gets life for this.
But again if she was black I will see the same old posts here on ATRL... 'if she was white, she would have not been charged, if she was white, she will get off easily; If she was white... Blah blah blah...
Ok If she was black, protests form BLM up and down about this news story  and this will be like more than 10 pages long here on ATRL.
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