Quote (Goomshill @ Feb 9 2022 03:36pm)
Its not manslaughter when you commit an inherently violent felony that a reasonable person would know poses deadly risk to parties unknown, and cause a death. The intent to commit the violence transfers to the criminal liability for death, making it murder. Under state law it would be 3rd degree murder, under federal law its first degree felony murder, §2A1.1.
The normal sentence was 20 years for first degree felony murder with this calculated offense level from the factors in the guidelines. It was cut in half to 10 years, because his motive was political, and the prosecutor endorsed his political views and condoned them as justification for the crime.
ya sure cool, what im saying is that i think if someone sets a building on fire and doesnt know someone is inside, and that person dies, that 12 years sounds about right for a sentence.
is there some fuckery involved? yes. is political leaning working its way into prosecuting and sentencing a bad thing? yes. am i going to get my panties in a twist for a dude still doing a decade in prison for a crime because he could instead do 2 decades? nope. i'll reserve my outrage for Brock Turner type cases, for no cops being behind bars for the murder of Tamir Rice, for judges that hold 3 minute trials for juveniles that are paid off to conveyor belt kids into for profit juvenile programs, etc.