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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (7 children)

If u drive while being impaired (by whatever) ur a piece of shit and if u kill anyone doing that (except like suffering a heart attack or something not foreseeable) ur a murderer in my mind.

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  • As someone who is a master of operating under what should be severe impairment I agree, being awake for 48 just leaves me vaguely slow when I talk. Also folks need to know their fucking limits, I refused to drive while I had food poisoning because I couldn't think and also I didn't want to shit myself in my car.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Fortunately, the law doesn't operate on what's in your mind.

    Murder implies premeditation. The prosecutor and judge didn't see evidence of premeditation.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A lot of people use the word "murder" in a colloquial sense and not a strictly legal one. Further some jurisdictions have degrees of murder where other jurisdictions would use manslaughter. I'm assuming the person you responded to meant the lesser charges.

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