Guilty!

Convicted murderer Chante Jawan Mallard

It took jurors less than an hour to find Chante Jawan Mallard guilty of murder.

Proof that sometimes, justice is served in Texas. Even when you kill someone with the excuse that you weren't in control of yourself after a night of pot, booze, and ecstasy.

I wonder if this would be an example of the "problem" that local Police Chief Crime Lab identified the other day -- you know, when prosecutors try to win their cases?

And finally, why is the man she killed referred to as "homeless" in almost every report I see? That adds little substance to the story, and the trial testimony indicated the man was a fairly upstanding citizen. So far as I know, nobody was suggesting he lived in the middle of the road in a box, thereby daring cars to strike him. So why the label? I mean, most reports don't refer to her as black motorist Chante Jawan Mallard. But now they can refer to her as convicted murderer Chante Jawan Mallard, I suppose.

[Posted at 16:47 CST on 06/26/03] [Link]