Strawman
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No no, saying that you wouldn’t murder someone for stealing a cheap easily replaceable mass produced item obviously means that you would also just casually allow yourself to be bludgeoned to death, everyone knows that.
The judge allowed it, not on his own initiative, but because the prosecution moved to include the lesser included charges. The defense didn’t object and the judge allowed it. So the jury decided on the question of second degree murder. Read the jury instructions, linked above. He wasn’t charged initially with second degree murder but I don’t see why that’s important. The jury considered second degree murder and rejected the charge.
If you’re getting your skull caved in it’s acceptable to use lethal force. If someone shoves you in a bar it’s not. There’s obviously a line somewhere beyond just determining the aggressor.
What % of Georgia residents would prefer to see a not guilty verdict?
I think you’re wrong about a lot of stuff, but I hope you stick around.
Come play walrus with us.
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Hmm?
At least he seems to agree that carrying and discharging a semi-automatic rifle into a crowd during a riot is recklessly endangering safety and should be a snap conviction.
My MAGA brother in law was extremely pro-rittenhouse, I mentioned at dinner tonight the “I wish I had my fucking AR” video getting tossed, he didn’t believe it, said “if they actually have video of this kid saying something like that, they would have to show it to the jury, that’s EVIDENCE” and he started googling it right there at the restaurant, I think he may have actually changed his mind.
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If he did, good on him. Far more likely outcome is he just needs some time to learn the justification/excuse/cult response to that video.
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Figure 100 percent of white registered republicans, 75 percent of white registered independents, 25 percent of white registered democrats, and 150 percent of white not registered to vote.
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Within a day he will find some PROOF on Facebook that the video was completely doctored, pixels and whatnot, all part of the GLOBALISTS’ plan to take over the world.
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Or he’ll just buy the judge’s reasoning for keeping it out.
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Travis McMichael guilty on all charges. Dude just got kicked out of the courtroom for cheering
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All three guilty of felony murder, only the shooter is guilty on malice murder. Seems like a just verdict.
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Its weird that a defendant can be convicted of more than one murder count when there is only one murder victim. But different states have different laws for this I guess. In Florida, I don’t think you can be convicted of more than one murder count per victim.
They were each charged with three counts of felony murder because there were three different underlying felonies. I don’t think it will matter for sentencing if you’re convicted on one count of felony murder or all three.
It made the reading of the verdict brutal for the third guy. Malice murder, not guilty. First count of felony murder, not guilty. Second count of felony murder, guilty. Oof.
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Yeah I noticed that too. Just as he was getting his hopes up. Still kind of strange law though. Like I said, I’m only really familiar with Florida law, and I don’t think that’s a thing down here. One victim = one murder count.
Also the cameraman helped box in Arbery with his truck, which I didn’t realize until today. So he’s on the hook for the false imprisonment and then the felony murder on that. Sucks to be you.