the perspectives of the majority of the public who view the actual shooting do not hinge on all the what-if's and maybe's and all the heinous things he did wrong or why's where nobody was hurt; only boiling down to the two running to him and shooting a man who posed zero threat at that time he was shot.

The DA chose not prosecute and probably had a good chance of doing so and making it stick.

Of course, the people would have had to pay for all sides of any such action.

Oddie served his last term and White county's insurance has paid out quite a bit along with the people there having paid, with numerous civil rights cases pending and unresolved.