William Dauster

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@_LaJanee_ Cool website setup

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@gucci1017 True friends are hard to come by.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@nycguidovoice Nice man. Good luck!

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@SarahisCensored Congratulations! I really like her MK True Crime channel. I saw her mention you and reference your reporting. Really cool to get some recognition for your hard work and reporting on this case. You deserve the exposure!

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

Per @MaryAnnreports and @DailyMail the Defense did raise the "sudden passion" affirmative defense at the penalty phase to attempt to get a relegation back down to Manslaughter per § 19.02(d) which is one of only a very few good decisions they've made in this trial

[MaryAnn Martinez @MaryAnnreports]

Lawyers have raise the issue of sudden passion. If the jury find that sudden passion fits here, they can give him 2-20 years

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@cartierfamilyZ No shock at the verdict. Sadly, no shock at the blind equivocating and no shock at the vengeful and sometimes outright racist gloating either. We can do better than this.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@queenie4rmnola No disagreement with this. And for my advice for people that are happy right now and celebrating, take a minute to look in the mirror and see if you can find it in your heart to cry and pray for Karmelo and his family too. He has 3 young siblings I think that just lost a brother

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@Nerdy_Addict I feel for her.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@LawrenceBJones3 Correct and tragic. I’m quite disappointed in the way people are celebrating the vengeance. Justice is blind and dispassionate. Correct decision, just decision, and somehow the world around me is still worse off for it, I think.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@AshleighMerchan Thanks for these thoughts @AshleighMerchan. This is a stone faced truth. I’m very displeased at those that celebrate this and the racist gloating. We are still are very vengeful society. But, when one seeks revenge, always dig two graves - as they say. Justice was served…I think

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@tariqnasheed Stop this. Karmelo’s not bad. He was wrong. Defense attorneys did not advocate well and he declined to testify. We can’t be so blind to believe that 20+ witnesses are conspiring. Isn’t it much more likely that he committed the act? Doesn’t mean I’m ready to throw him away though.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@_LaJanee_ The penalty phase still has some legal maneuvers that can reduce charges/time or at least preserve for appeal. Further poor form by defense not humanizing him more with character witnesses. Not even his father? I think rehabilitation is possible and remorse is genuine.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@jdmiles11 Will Defense raise 19.02(d) during penalty phase and speak about sudden passion to reduce the degree of felony? I’ve heard this is done and the Judge has the discretion to reduce to manslaughter though I’d expect he gets every bit of the 20. Raise it or waive it.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@MAGAVoice I don’t agree with invoking Jesus today to celebrate this punishment. He should be part of the equation for sure because healing is sorely needed for two families, two schools and one community. And there is a 19 year old that needs his protection and love now more than ever.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@MaryAnnreports I feel deeply sad for his mother, father and siblings. I feel deeply sad for Austin’s identical twin brother Hunter and his parents and family. God bless all of them - and Karmelo too. This was avoidable in so many ways and is a heartbreaking tragedy.

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@TheBrancaShow @zkwerrell @MaryAnnreports What kind of Motions in Limine do you all think would have been appropriate to file in this case?

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@zkwerrell @MaryAnnreports 👏 credit where credit is due, Counselor!

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@zkwerrell @MaryAnnreports I just don’t see how you could acquit on murder and even consider manslaughter without some serious mental contortion or jury nullification

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@zkwerrell @MaryAnnreports I’m not offended in the least. I don’t practice criminal law. I appreciate hearing your point of view. And non-lawyers too. Gets you in the mindset of your average “12 T-Shirted beer drinkers” a.k.a. “the Jury” according to a senior colleague

[William Dauster @williamdauster]

@zkwerrell @MaryAnnreports I’m licensed in Missouri and Kansas. This might be worth a LexisNexis search (if I had time 😂)