• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Prison or a psych ward should absolutely be the answer to someone trying to kill a stranger with a hammer because of what they heard on radio/TV. I don’t care how bad someone’s month was if they’re trying to kill me.

    • pinkystew@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      correct but we use the “attempted murder solution” on everything, which is the problem.

        • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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          18 hours ago

          He wasn’t convicted of Attempted Murder. He was convicted of:

          Federal: 30 years

          • Kidnapping
          • First-degree burglary
          • False imprisonment of an elder

          State: Life without parole

          • Aggravated kidnapping resulting in bodily harm
          • False imprisonment of an elder or dependent adult
          • Threatening family of public officials
          • First degree residential burglary
          • Preventing or dissuading a witness by force or threat
          • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            17 hours ago

            Do you think he wasn’t trying to kill him? What people are charged with and what actually happened don’t always overlap.