Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.
This sixteenth episode analyzes the police shooting of Jonathan Price. Police Officer Shaun Lucas shot Price after Price apparently intervened in a domestic violence incident. Lucas shot Price as the incident progressed. Lucas was subsequently charged. This episode evaluates the case in light of Texas homicide statutes and self defense statutes.
Sources:
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/attorney-amber-guyger-retained-officer-shot-jonathan-price/story?id=73464013
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/06/jonathan-price-shooting-texas-officer-shaun-lucas-attorney/5905092002/
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.38.htm#38.04
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-police-officer-charged-death-black-man-family/story?id=73445272
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/PE/htm/PE.6.htm
• https://wolfecitytx.org/wolfe-city-statement-10-8-2020/
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/bodycam-footage-suggests-jonathan-price-shooting-unwarranted-affidavit/story?id=73484654
• https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_&met_y=population&idim=sub_county:4879948&hl=en&dl=en
• https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/affidavit-jonathan-price-offered-texas-officer-handshake-asked-how-he-was-before-being-killed/ZE7UFWSQLZGIZDD5CYVTGJAT4Q/
• https://twitter.com/RozierReports/status/1313888533053157378/photo/1
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-police-officer-charged-fatal-shooting-jonathan-price-had-been-n1242428
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/they-took-my-baby-man-killed-texas-police-after-intervening-n1242132
• https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/texas-police-officer-charged-jonathan-prices-shooting-death-fired/ILOTNLW3IZAM5AMVRFDSBV6XZE/
• https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-19-02.html
• https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/penal-code/penal-sect-6-03.html
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm#19.01
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/pdf/PE.9.pdf
• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/SOTWDocs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm
• https://www.nap.edu/read/10114/chapter/3


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