• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    6 months ago

    Late Monday night, New York prosecutors charged Mangione with one count of second-degree murder […]

    This is actually funny, because from everything we’ve heard, it was definitely very premeditated; wonder why they didn’t go with first-degree murder…

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      6 months ago

      First degree is very hard to prove, and losing a case because you went for first over second degree murder would be embarrassing for any prosecutor.

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        6 months ago

        Based on the footage already made public, I don’t see how there could be any doubt about it being 100% premeditated… unless they aren’t sure they got the right guy.

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      6 months ago

      The definition that legally applies for 1st degree murder is a lot more strict than people usually think.

      Here’s a partial summary:

      A more complete summary of the law is given in this video around 8:49.

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    Be funny if it turned out they couldn’t actually track the shooter down, so they just picked a random person to pin it on to make it seem like people would inevitably get caught if they did a copy cat crime.