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According to NY legal code, it is not murder if:

The defendant acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant’s situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be.

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this is where jury nullification comes in.

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It was murder.

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Bootlicker says what?

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On the colloquial sense, sure, but it’s entirely possible (and would be hilarious) for the legal definition not to agree

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How so? (sincere question)

edit: I misread and thought it was claiming a specific legal possibility

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19 points

bait used to be much harder to do back in the day

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12 points

Yes so is capital punishment, wars and just like those this is also justified. He was judged by millions of his victims and his peers and executed.

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I mean it was murder. Premeditated, planned etc.

But he murdered the right person :)

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That’s not what happened. He was murdered unjustly.

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11 points

If I could get in the jury I would absolutely say ‘not guilty’ and just not be moved.

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7 points

I dunno, I think it might be a suicide.

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3 points

A self defense murder, which is a legal type of murder.

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Oh neat…look a downvote. Here, you should have it.

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1 point

Can you explain how, having read the comment you’re replying to?

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This was easily more popular than either candidate in the last election. They should make it a national holiday.

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🦀

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A national day of mourning.

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Maybe like a day of rememberance highlighting all the people killed yearly in the name of health insurance profits

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A national day of celebration! 💫 🎉 🥳

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That’s sick.

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For a single rich dude? Come on. Most couldn’t care less about random people they don’t know dying, why should we go out of our way to mourn this guy, who, by the way, made it his life goal to put profits over people?

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59 points

He was a terrorist, and he got what he deserved.

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The anti hero does not negotiate with the terrorist.

He Obama’d this Osama.

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"Compassion withheld until documentation can be produced that determines the bullet holes were not a preexisting condition,” one user responded.

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If you know the identity of the shooter, no you don’t.

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