• CoderKat@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s such bullshit that you can just claim you feared for your life (because gasp, your neighbor knocks on your door) and it gets charges reduced.

    US stand your ground laws are barbaric and insane. Most of the world knows it, but a significant number of Americans still stand by them.

    Also, I don’t get why they have to reduce the charges before the trial? Can’t they charge both manslaughter and murder and let the jury figure it out?

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      Stand your ground was not the reason the charges were reduced, it was the reason why she wasn’t arrested immediately. The charges were reduced because the prosecution doesn’t have sufficient evidence for 2nd degree murder charges to stick, so they are bringing charges they know they can prove in court. I have no clue why they can’t do both charges and I totally agree with you on the stand your ground laws…

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    1 year ago

    Lorincz allegedly “called [Owens’] children racial slurs”. But the attorney thought there was insufficient evidence that she had “hatred, spite, ill will or evil intent toward Owens”.

    A lot depends on the credibility of those allegations. If they’re good enough for the independent to report, shouldn’t they be good enough to support “ill will”?

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      1 year ago

      The independent reporting allegations means that they’re reporting what one of the parties is saying. Not that the independent has evidence of it. That’s as wrong as saying “They plead not guilty - if that’s good enough for the independent to report, shouldn’t it be enough to support them not being guilty?”

      Either way, it’s going to court, and likely she’ll be convicted of manslaughter.