Reply #6: Hmm.

[LisaL]

"Brown said it would have been difficult to pursue a more serious charge of murder or attempted murder because Navarro survived for hours after being given the drugs."

I am not at all saying the Dr. should be charged with murder or attempted murder, but I find that explanation a bit curious, considering if you shoot or use a knife on someone and that person dies several hours later, nobody is going to say-well, you didn't kill anyone cause your victim lasted for hours afterwords.
And of course with some poisons victims can last a long time after being given poison. Using the logic that the victim has to die immediately, a lot of people would not be charged with murder.
Maybe this is different because supposedly the guy was dying anyway.
But to say that the man lasted several hours after being given drugs and that's why Dr. can not be charged with murder or attempted murder doesn't make much sense to me.