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I believe the story already has a thread or two about it...

But still, it was/is a sad situation for Mr. Lewis.

I don't think the fact that the laws in Texas are different makes much of a difference (and I doubt the law is all that much different from Iowa)... what makes a difference is the culture and the individuals enforcing the law, and even that varies by city. Note that even after the MPA was passed the first time, Rosenthal (I think was his name) continued to instruct Houston police to arrest otherwise lawabiding citizens, and to prosecute them, for having a gun in their car, and he was never brought to heel on this. As I recall, he was finally ejected from office for some bad emails in his office, not misusing the law to persecute citizens.

If a prosecutor says you are guilty of manslaughter, regardless of the facts or the law, to jail you will go, and it will be up to you to bail yourself out in the interim before trial. The prosecutor is essentially immune from his own mistakes, bias, and even deliberate misconduct, except through elections or massive...and I mean massive... public outcry.