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VMA131Marine

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2. No criminal charges.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:32 PM
Feb 10

The prosecutor is either incompetent or … well I don’t know what else to say.

Apparently in Texas it’s okay to kill your kids after they have been born … just not before.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg6pm70r1lo.amp

Ms Coates said a grand jury, which had since reviewed the case, "concluded that the evidence didn't meet the threshold for criminal charges".
"This means that, as far as they are concerned, there will be no criminal charges for the person who shot Lucy."
She added her family found it "baffling and beyond comprehension" that there would be "no accountability for what happened to my daughter".
"The international element, coupled with a different legal system, practice and thresholds, makes the outcome even harder and more frustrating to accept."
Along with Ms Harrison's partner, Sam Littler, she said she would "welcome learning more from communities and groups in Texas who are working to prevent gun deaths".
Ms Coates added her daughter, who studied sociology and took part in college debates, would have been a "fierce advocate of this".

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