Suspended TCU student now faces murder charge in overdose death of T. Boone Pickens

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A suspended TCU student who was arrested in March on charges of tampering with evidence, has now been indicted on a felony murder charge in the death of the grandson of billionaire T. Boone Pickens

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday that Brennan Trainer Rodriguez, 21, had been indicted Friday on a felony murder charge in the death of Thomas “Ty” Boone Pickens IV.

Pickens died on Jan. 28 from what was determined to be a heroin overdose. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death “accidental”.
Authorities say Rodriguez injected heroin into Pickens arm, resulting in his death.

In addition to the murder charge, the Star-Telegram reports Rodriguez is still being charged with tampering with evidence, as well as manslaughter and delivering a controlled substance that resulted in death.

If convicted of the first-degree felony charge Rodriguez faces 5 to 99 years in prison.

An affidavit from March said Rodriguez was charged with tampering with evidence after authorities say he hid drugs and other paraphernalia from the police while his cousin drove an unconscious Pickens to the hospital.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013...erdose-death-of-t.-boone-pickens-grandson.ece
 
slimvictor said:
An affidavit from March said Rodriguez was charged with tampering with evidence after authorities say he hid drugs and other paraphernalia from the police while his cousin drove an unconscious Pickens to the hospital.
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Looks like Texas needs a 911 immunity law too.

Although I don't think it would protect you from a murder charge. Imagine that? That would be a murderer's bonanza.

Consensually injecting someone with heroin is not murder though. Just like lending a drunk friend your car isn't murder.
 
It's not murder, but im assuming he had his friend do it because he couldnt do it himself. And since he was entrusted with his life and messed up the dose it's definitely manslaughter due to negligent behavior.
 
JD55 said:
It's not murder, but im assuming he had his friend do it because he couldnt do it himself. And since he was entrusted with his life and messed up the dose it's definitely manslaughter due to negligent behavior.
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No, its not, because it doesnt mean that he made up the shot. Who says the injecter-helper had anything to do with determining the dose? You dont know that at all. The kid could have made his own shot. and the guy who overdosed prob had trouble hitting a vein so his friend helped him hit and ends up like this.

These laws are absolutely fucking despicable. In NJ there was a case where a guy got dope from his friend. the friend left. Later that night, the kid went and passed out on railroad tracks, got hit by a train, and died. The friend who gave him the dope was charged and convicted with manslaughter. Because, "If he hadnt have had the heroin in his system, he wouldnt have passed out and been on that train track." Well what happened that night? Who knows, maybe he got in a fight with his mom and she told him to get out, maybe if his mom hadnt yelled at him he wouldnt have been on that train track! Oh, maybe he started using heroin because a neighbor bullied him and he was so depressed he turned to drugs, maybe we should charge the bully with manslaughter too, because he never would have died if he hadnt started using! 8( How far back can you place the blame?! Its fucking mind boggling the way they apply this shit. (I can give verification of this case also, its not some "I heard this happened to my cousins friends boyfriend, it was just in the Bergen record a sunday or two ago.) Right now theres a case of a kid whose friend helped him cop dope, and the kid OD'd. He also had cocaine and IIRC xanax (there was def coke, dope, and at least one other drug , i believe also alcohol involved) but the friend is being charged with manslaughter. How do they even know it was the dope that killed him? Its just insane! If someone sells a illegal gun and its used in a murder they dont charge the gun seller with murder! Its unfuckingbelievable!

Related reading: http://www.northjersey.com/news/211...onnection_with_fatal_overdose.html?c=y&page=2
http://www.northjersey.com/closter/...ase_pressure_in_war_with_heroin.html?page=all
http://www.northjersey.com/emerson/..._drug_overdoses_still_debated.html?c=y&page=2

I could talk about this all day but have to go right now but Ill share some info that might make people here reconsider any support of the kind of laws that allow manslaughter for overdose cases once they realize how arbitrary it can actually be and how the system can be manipulated by family of the victim to push for prosecution. Ill def. be back to this thread.
 
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I don't like preparing shots for anyone. I mean, if I knew how pure the dope was, I might feel better about doing it. Or if I had some Narcan sitting around...

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There are more guys like this out there. If the police spent time arresting these clowns instead of median violators more lives would be saved.
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You can't arrest every heroin dealer, but you can expand access to 911 and naloxone. I'm sure this commenter, like the general public, is perfectly oblivious about this. So many people want punishment and vengeance, so few want effective solutions.
 
If you inject the person, you assume some risk and liability. Rodriguez did not intend to kill him so I think murder should be off the table. Manslaughter is probably applicable.

It's a sad situation.
 
Over here it's classified as drug induced homicide, class x. Had a friend go to prison for 12 yrs (got out after 8'ish) for this. Definitely happens quite a bit.
 
Khadijah said:
No, its not, because it doesnt mean that he made up the shot. Who says the injecter-helper had anything to do with determining the dose? You dont know that at all. The kid could have made his own shot. and the guy who overdosed prob had trouble hitting a vein so his friend helped him hit and ends up like this.
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I have to agree with this.
If I ask someone to give me a shot, I am taking responsibility for putting that chemical in my body.
If someone else fixes it with what they think is a good, strong dose, and I agree to take it, it is 100% my responsibility. If I don't trust it, I don't have to take it.
Unless it is forced on me, it is all my decision, and nobody else should ever have to take responsibility.
 
slimvictor said:
I have to agree with this.
If I ask someone to give me a shot, I am taking responsibility for putting that chemical in my body.
If someone else fixes it with what they think is a good, strong dose, and I agree to take it, it is 100% my responsibility. If I don't trust it, I don't have to take it.
Unless it is forced on me, it is all my decision, and nobody else should ever have to take responsibility.
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I should of been clear in my original post, I agree with you. However that's not how the law is going to see it. Whether or not he helped determine the dose or the kid needed help hitting a vein, he pushed the plunger which caused the death.
 
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