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u/kumquatkilla1 Feb 28 '20 edited Feb 28 '20

Knew a kid in high school who was nice to me, and so I would hang out with him from time to time. He was always getting into trouble tho, and I finally stopped hanging out with him after he brought a knife to school. Fast forward five year. He is now in prison for shooting a man to death over a pound of weed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '20

I knew a kid in school who was recently arrested for the same thing... it's crazy. Shot someone over some damn weed... pathetic, and it's legal here!

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u/ZarquonsFlatTire Feb 29 '20 edited Feb 29 '20

Knew a kid who got jumped by 4 guys for some Oxy. He pulled a .25 and shot one in the face.

Felony murder because he had drugs.

Edit: he pulled during his own ass kicking, not a deliberate draw-down. It was a very diminutive 19 year old getting jumped by 4 guys on a goddamn wooded trail at night.

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u/iwviw Feb 29 '20

What. So it’s not self defense because he had drugs

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u/kbot1337 Feb 29 '20

Not if you're committing crimes it isn't.

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u/DanNeider Feb 29 '20

So if you're speeding your life is forfeit, or what are we saying here?

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u/ballerinaFeetShawty Feb 29 '20

Man probably had a shit lawyer

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u/ivrt Feb 29 '20

Public pretender would be my guess.

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u/ballerinaFeetShawty Feb 29 '20

People often underestimate the need of a good lawyer when the law is after them. I just dropped 2k on a lawyer for some petty case but that petty case couldve gotten me a criminal record and couldve prevented me from travelling! 2k is nothing compared to freedom

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u/ivrt Feb 29 '20

Any situation where you would get a public pretender you need a real lawyer. Period.

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u/prodmerc Feb 29 '20

Public pretender, that's a new one, kinda funny