Is catching a beating a lesser crime than rape? or murder like Mathew Broderick did while driving drunk?

  • tate
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    10 hours ago

    Murder has a very specific legal definition. That is not what Matthew Broderick did.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 hours ago

      But he killed a person nonetheless. How come it was not Vehicular Manslaughter or something.? Hell one guy is in jail for shooting Nikki Minaj in the foot.

      • iocase@lemmy.zip
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        4 hours ago

        If you’re ever going to kill someone do it with a car. In North America they can’t punish you too hard for it or it sets a precedent even if you did it premeditated. I think the one exception to them being scared to throw the book at vehicular crimes is trying to kill a cop with it, so don’t do that one for sure.