Anonymous #1 22w

makes you wonder how much cases like this people are willing to throw under to justify themselves

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Anonymous #5 22w

Exactly. It’s not that he shouldnt have been convicted. It’s that he was tried as an adult despite being a minor and charged with premeditated murder instead of voluntarily manslaughter. Brining a knife to a fistfight and killing someone, as a 17 year old, is wrong and should have consequences. but if he were white it would be 1-10 years of jail time, not 99.

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Murder is defined by “malicious aforethought” and that is what separates it from manslaughter. Heat of the moment actions resulting in death are categorized as voluntary manslaughter. Murder carries MUCH harsher punishments. Murder vs Manslaughter was one of the most heavily debated parts of the case. I did get the 99 years part wrong- that was the max he could’ve received with his conviction, and it was cited as possible in a bunch of news articles before the sentencing was public.

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Anonymous #6 22w

35 years, which is what he got, is more than double the max sentence for voluntary manslaughter. Also, in bringing up that he was tried as adult, I was obviously not saying they were doing something illegal. I was just saying there is bias in which cases are considered serious enough for 17 year olds to be tried as adults.

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Anonymous #6 22w

In the UK a man died because the cops believed a minority over him, sybau

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Anonymous #11 22w

wow one incident in a completely different country with no evidence of being racially motivated? stfu dumbass

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Anonymous #12 22w

There’s been many incidents, and actual in-text policy suggests unequal judgement

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Anonymous #2 21w

like what?

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