A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea deal.

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    1 year ago

    There’s a big ass difference between international murder and an angry lash out killing someone. At 87 you’re going to die from stuff that a random angry drunk won’t consider.

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        No dumbass, murder has to be premeditated and/or intentional.

        Shoving someone out of your way/down doesn’t imply that you intended for them to actually die. And it’s pretty hard to prove that you did in court.

        Manslaughter - the unintentional act of killing someone through irresponsible or negligent actions - is a fucking slam dunk here. You want this sour bitch to walk free because the prosecution couldn’t get a conviction, because laws are written more specifically than the few words you learned in school?

        Go away. Adults are having a conversation, sweetie

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          No dumbass, murder has to be premeditated and/or intentional.

          IANAL but in American law, second degree murder can be intentional without being premeditated. For example, a bar fight that ends in someone dying. There is also voluntary and involuntary manslaughter (in the later, the person does not intend to kill the victim). Different states define the different degrees and types differently.

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          Oh honey. Is there some grass you could touch? I think that might help.

          Just make sure there aren’t any elderly people in your way to get there.