• lennee@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    If u drive while being impaired (by whatever) ur a piece of shit and if u kill anyone doing that (except like suffering a heart attack or something not foreseeable) ur a murderer in my mind.

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      21 hours ago

      Failing to maintain a vehicle is an impairment. Also “my steering wheel locked up” is not a reason to not hit the brakes.

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      As someone who is a master of operating under what should be severe impairment I agree, being awake for 48 just leaves me vaguely slow when I talk. Also folks need to know their fucking limits, I refused to drive while I had food poisoning because I couldn’t think and also I didn’t want to shit myself in my car.

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      Fortunately, the law doesn’t operate on what’s in your mind.

      Murder implies premeditation. The prosecutor and judge didn’t see evidence of premeditation.

      • LousyCornMuffins@lemmy.world
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        the law doesn’t operate on what’s in your mind.

        are you sure? intent is an element of many crimes.

        edit: i tired nvm

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        A lot of people use the word “murder” in a colloquial sense and not a strictly legal one. Further some jurisdictions have degrees of murder where other jurisdictions would use manslaughter. I’m assuming the person you responded to meant the lesser charges.

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          Yeah im not gonna use a legal definition colloquially cuz im not a weirdo. And ur obviously right that even in a colloquial sense there is a difference between premeditated murder and non-premeditated murder. Im not arguing that the guy is jack the ripper.