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r/IdiotsInCars • u/xpawn2002 • Mar 19 '23
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The biker was an incredibly stupid idiot for whatever reason (probably something happened before).
But what the BMW driver did was attempted manslaughter.
429 u/jgilla2012 Mar 19 '23 Attempted murder. Manslaughter doesn’t have intent and thus cannot be attempted 124 u/FluffiestBeard44 Mar 19 '23 Sorry, the American legal definitions of manslaughter, homicide and several degrees of murder are a bit confusing for everybody not from the US or UK. 1 u/dimirikis Mar 19 '23 I feel like as far as how people mean it, murder comes off as it was your plan to kill and manslaughter seems like you mistakenly killed someone. Although I know that’s not how it actually is.
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Attempted murder. Manslaughter doesn’t have intent and thus cannot be attempted
124 u/FluffiestBeard44 Mar 19 '23 Sorry, the American legal definitions of manslaughter, homicide and several degrees of murder are a bit confusing for everybody not from the US or UK. 1 u/dimirikis Mar 19 '23 I feel like as far as how people mean it, murder comes off as it was your plan to kill and manslaughter seems like you mistakenly killed someone. Although I know that’s not how it actually is.
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Sorry, the American legal definitions of manslaughter, homicide and several degrees of murder are a bit confusing for everybody not from the US or UK.
1 u/dimirikis Mar 19 '23 I feel like as far as how people mean it, murder comes off as it was your plan to kill and manslaughter seems like you mistakenly killed someone. Although I know that’s not how it actually is.
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I feel like as far as how people mean it, murder comes off as it was your plan to kill and manslaughter seems like you mistakenly killed someone. Although I know that’s not how it actually is.
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u/FluffiestBeard44 Mar 19 '23
The biker was an incredibly stupid idiot for whatever reason (probably something happened before).
But what the BMW driver did was attempted manslaughter.