• Rusty Shackleford@programming.dev
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    20 hours ago

    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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      8 hours ago

      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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      19 hours ago

      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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        19 hours ago

        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.