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http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2009.....ictims-mother/

Finally, the jury came to the correct decision.

For anyone not familiar with this case, Robert Higbee is a New Jersey state trooper who was in the middle of a low-speed chase at night, went through an intersection, and hit a car traveling through the intersection, killing two teenage girls who were on the way home from the store. Higbee was following all legal police procedure during the chase, including traveling through an intersection, and according to every policeman's organization consulted on the case he did nothing wrong. Yet he was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide because he was supposedly "reckless".

For anyone to be found reckless, they must reasonably know that what they are doing is extraordinarily risky, and still go ahead with the action they are considering. In this case, the legal definition of reckless was not met, because Trooper Higbee would normally have taken that risk, as any police officer would have, during any pursuit. Even though it was a risk to go through the intersection, it was not an EXTRAORDINARY risk. The vast majority of police organizations were astounded that charges were even brought against Trooper Higbee.

Condolences to both the families of Robert Higbee and the victims' families, because both parties have been through awful times during the two years that this case has been ongoing. But I don't think this case could have been prosecuted successfully and resulted in anything but a marked decrease in the quality of police work nationwide. If we make our officers hesitant to engage in pursuits of drivers who are driving unsafely, then we expose everyone on the road to greater danger.

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