The Joe Horn case, the man who shot two suspected unarmed burglars in the back with three shots from a 12 gauge shotgun (from 10 feet away) is finally scheduled to go to the grand jury sometime in June. Harris County District Attorney spokesman Scott Durfee said prosecutor Lynne Parsons was waiting for forensic testing results before presenting the case to the grand jury. Durfee would not say of the DA office would ask for an indictment. Autopsy's of the man shot twice, once in the back and once in the back of the neck have been suppressed by the state. Conjecture is Horn blew the man's head off.
A few months ago this was a pretty much a no brainer that Horn would walk away with a parade and a metal. But since the incident in November the Harris County DA's office has experienced an earthquake of a shake up. District Attorney Chuck Rosenberg had to resign for porn, racist email and breaking the law. The entire department was seen as a racist good ole boy right-wing network to such a degree that the runoff for his position was between two women. Even here in Harris County the GOP is worried that they may no longer have complete control of the their style of law and justice. So perhaps there will be a token indictment, but I wouldn't put a plug nickel on it. Grand jury will hear Joe Horn case next month
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