KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A former BNSF Railway employee in Oregon has been convicted of murdering a supervisor in 2014, the Herald and News reports.
James Forshee, 62, was convicted of murder last week in the April 2014 shooting death of Emery Connor, 42, at BNSF’s yard in Klamath Falls. After a week of testimony and argument, it took the jury two hours to come to a decision. The judge sentenced Forshee from the bench to life in prison. He is eligible for parole after 25 years.
According to witnesses, Forshee came to work on April 17, 2014, at the BNSF yard and was talking to a co-worker when he suddenly walked into Conner’s office, pulled out a pistol, and opened fire. Forshee had been written up for a safety violation earlier in the week.
When you charge someone with a crime that the accused will spend most of the rest of their life in jail, you dot the I’s and cross the T’s. If you do not a good defense attorney (or defendant) can argue this was done in the heat of the moment and you only get manslaughter or(worse) self defense.
When murder is committed prove it, and make the accused serve the time. Try to remember, as many people complain, the government has a lot of power. With that power comes responsibility. The responisbility is to give the accused the right to a fair trial, one that is free of preconceptions, or questionable opinions.
If it takes 2 years to gather the evidence to present to a court at least the perpetrator is sitting in a jail cell. it is very rare a murder defendant gets bail.
Yes I read that, maybe Im looking for something that’s not there. Being written up sounds miniscule to evoke such a horrible event.
But no one is asking why it took two and a half years for this to come to trial.
Didn’t you read, Britt, the shooter had been written up for a safety violation the previous week, that’s not an acceptable reason to shoot your supervisor, that’s what the grievance process is for.
Why did he do it?
Not condoning AT ALL, but too many supervisors treat workers like sh…………………… I have NO IDEA what happened here, NONE whatsoever but these things happen cuz one person pissed someone else off too many times AND pissed off the wrong person AND YET, this is never brought up.