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Old 06-11-2005, 09:54 PM
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Originally posted by bloodrayne
Ya know, personally I don't care what anyone wants to classify it as...If you bludgeon someone with a hammer, and they die...It's murder...

How can 'the law' be so stupid?
Call the jury stupid, not the law. They placed it in that category for some unknown reason. No one here has the evidence to know what happened. The article doesn't state the facts surrounding the death.

Generally there are four categories.

1. First Degree Murder (it is a statute in that jurisdiction)

2. Common Law Murder (sometimes called 2nd Degree Murder)

3. Voluntary Manslaughter

4. Involuntary Manslaughter

Without having the evidence here, I have no idea why the jury selected #3 instead of #2 or #1 (assuming NY has #1). Maybe the guy didn't beat her with a hammer like the article leads you to believe. Maybe they fought and he threw the hammer at her and didn't have the intent to be common law murder.
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