Here's a great defense for a murder charge:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
Wade says he didn't plan to shoot
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A former Arizona State football player accused in a fatal shooting told investigators that he never planned on pulling the trigger.
Police on Wednesday released a videotaped interview that Loren Wade had with a Scottsdale detective hours after the March 26 shooting outside a city nightclub.
A grand jury has indicted Wade, 21, on one count of first-degree murder in the death of Brandon Falkner, 25, of Peoria.
"It got out of hand. It shouldn't have happened, man. I swear, dude," Wade told the police detective in the videotaped interview. "It was not my intent at all, man, not at all."
Witnesses said they saw Wade approach the car of Falkner and the two men exchanged words before a single gunshot rang out.
Authorities said Falkner, also a former Sun Devils football player, was killed by a bullet to the head.
In the police interview, Wade said his girlfriend asked him to come pick her up at a Scottsdale nightclub and he became upset when he saw her near a car full of men.
"My intention was not to shoot that gun off... I swear to God I never planned on pulling the trigger," Wade said. "I hit him like that and then the gun went off and it, it shocked me."
Wade told police he bought the gun for $100 during his freshman year at ASU in 2002. He played only three games last year before he was suspended for the season for receiving improper benefits involving an overdue utility bill.
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You can see how hard Spurrier wants to crack down in the bold quote below:
Newton won't face charge in fight
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina wide receiver Syvelle Newton was involved in an incident with another student last weekend, but a criminal charge has been dropped, police said.
Newton allegedly punched Justin Williams of Wagener on a city street about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, a police incident report states. Williams said he was trying to "calm down several other people who were talking" when Newton struck him.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->A recorder from municipal court issued a warrant for Newton's arrest on Monday. Williams decided to drop the charges on Wednesday.
"I've found a better solution for handling that, more of a mediation-type deal," Williams said.
Newton was not served with the warrant, police spokesman Skot Garrick said.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said he did not plan to discipline Newton for the incident.
"We're going to give him a little benefit right now. But if he's at these scenes of scuffles and brawls too many time, then he won't play for us." Spurrier said.
Newton would not talk about the matter on Wednesday. He applied for pretrial intervention on Tuesday to clear a petit larceny charge for the theft of photographs from Williams-Brice Stadium in November.