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To: DIRTYSECRET; TheDon

Henry Ruggs was drunk. In any state, or the federal government you have to have intention to kill someone to get the death penalty.


18 posted on 06/11/2026 5:03:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Agreed. Still there’s something in the brain that makes people do stupid things.


19 posted on 06/11/2026 5:21:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Being drunk is one of the few ways you get a felony charge in a traffic collision with prison as the outcome. There are close to 30,000 deaths per year from traffic accidents. (Of course, some of the dead are also the driver at fault, thus, are not prosecutable.)


20 posted on 06/11/2026 5:21:40 PM PDT by oldplayer (Anyon)
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To: nickcarraway

“Henry Ruggs was drunk. In any state, or the federal government you have to have intention to kill someone to get the death penalty.”

An excuse for murder so they don’t have to execute a murderer.


21 posted on 06/11/2026 5:50:16 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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