• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    I don’t understand the logic here. If you’re in your basement, and someone gets stabbed in your kitchen, you somehow know the stabber’s intent?

    Is this a normal psychic power? I don’t think I have it.

    There were no witnesses. Unless you count the killer.

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      Kid and dad fight in the morning. Kid plans to leave the next day to end trip. They are no longer actively fighting. Dad asks kid if they want to see a gun, kid says sure. They disappear and you hear a single gunshot then dad yells for help.

      This sounds just the same if it’s an accident or if it’s done with intent and you CANT know the intent. You can speculate based on character and history, That is insufficient for the legal system.

      If there is an active domestic disturbance going on based on witness testimony it’s a horse of a different color.

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        Dad asks kid if they want to see a gun, kid says sure

        From an article another user posted:

        She said Lucy was “categorically anti-gun” and was worried about there being a firearm in the house with her two younger half-sisters.

        “I’m very anti-gun and cutting my trip short due to a fight we had, but sure, I’d love to go into another room with you to look at your loaded gun with the safety off. Could you point out right at me so I can get a good look at it?”

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      If you’re in your basement, and someone gets stabbed in your kitchen, you somehow know the stabber’s intent?

      Go back and read the original fucking article. If you’re really curious, go scrounge up the actual facts of the case presented to the grand jury.

      “Okay, but what if I’m skeptical? What if I’m double skeptical? What if I’m fully incredulous? Then can I believe her father killed her in cold blood?” Sure. Believe whatever fairy tale you want to tell yourself.

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        So your point is that, believing only the murderer, after a heated discussion about Trump and guns, he took his daughter to a room where he was displaying the safety features of a loaded gun and accidentally shot and killed her daughter… and in this scenario, there is ZERO criminal liability?

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          You are arguing with me, a random asshole on the internet, when you should be arguing with the DA and the grand jury, which did not find the evidence in the case gathered by a professional investigation team compelling enough to indict on.

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            yes, I come to Lemmy to find DAs and argue a year old case in a country I do not live in…

            … which did not find the evidence in the case gathered by a professional investigation team compelling enough to indict on.

            This is the USA, and Texas to boot… there is no professional anything when it comes to guns or law… it’s basically a banana republic at this point

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              This is the USA, and Texas to boot…

              This is British tabloid news and people misquoting articles on social media.

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                as far as I can tell, the only misquote is the date (which explains why it’s been posted so much this week)… if you have any official source that contradicts the many articles posted on this I am happy to read through but I have not found any so far

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                  Schrodinger’s Source: if they do not provide a source then any source you provide is ‘biased’ and incorrect. They have a source with a ‘true account’ but you have to find it on your own.