Well I’m glad you weren’t on the jury. Both the prosecutor and the judge explained it in detail. The parameters of the law as it exists called for the charge of 2nd degree murder in this case. Period.
And as the judge put it, if you disagree with the parameters of the law, then run for office and try to change it. As it stands, justice was done.
“Well I’m glad you weren’t on the jury. Both the prosecutor and the judge explained it in detail. The parameters of the law as it exists called for the charge of 2nd degree murder in this case. Period.
And as the judge put it, if you disagree with the parameters of the law, then run for office and try to change it. As it stands, justice was done.”
Point taken. I will add, however, that when I was on jury duty I reminded the rest of the jury that we were the final say, no matter what the judge said. He gives us instruction and then each one of us gets to decide for himself for his own reasons.
And yes, I would not have found him guilty of first or second degree murder unless the prosecution could prove that at the time he killed the girl he was intending to kill (someone, anyone). Otherwise it is simply not murder. Murder literally means “intent”. It is why, in the ten commandments it says “you shall not commit murder”. It is an intentional act.
Did the prosecution in your case prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the driver intended to kill someone?