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[-] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 15 points 2 weeks ago

Late Monday night, New York prosecutors charged Mangione with one count of second-degree murder [...]

This is actually funny, because from everything we've heard, it was definitely very premeditated; wonder why they didn't go with first-degree murder...

[-] Zagorath@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

The definition that legally applies for 1st degree murder is a lot more strict than people usually think.

Here's a partial summary:

A more complete summary of the law is given in this video around 8:49.

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