• WrenFeathers@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    If he used a car purposefully to kill the CEO, no- he would most certainly NOT be free right now.

    Murder is murder, regardless of the chosen method.

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        9 hours ago

        That’s not how vehicular manslaughter trials work. It’s like any other murder prosecution. He’d need to prove it was an accident. And mowing down someone with a car in front of witnesses in broad daylight?

        Yeah…

        Guilty.

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          8 hours ago

          The max penalty for 2nd degree vehicular manslaughter is only 7 years. In theory he could be prosecuted for 1st degree or even aggravated, but those require DUI or multiple fatalities.

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            6 hours ago

            Now look up what the maximum sentence would be for when someone purposefully murders someone with a car. Because Vehicular Homicide in the second degree- is where a death is caused “without an intention to do so” and where there is neither reckless driving, nor a DWI offense.

            You’re manufacturing an argument while leaving out key facts.

            Your boy WANTED the CEO dead. So, don’t use accidental death cases to compare it in bad faith

            Vehicular homicide with intent carries the same penalties as with a gun.