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Who cares if he's only 19? He just murdered someone by his own will. He needs to be locked up at a minimum
The higher charge would be some degree of manslaughter, not murder, unless you know of evidence that he planned to do this.
Involuntary manslaughter doesn't require premeditation or planning.
I'm sure he got in his car and thought: "Today's a good day to murder someone". Or maybe you mean he thought: "I see someone crossing the street, let's murder her".
There's no mention of ill intent. There is mention of bad lighting and bad road design. Seems like the guy is guilty of not being extra careful enough in a risky road situation, but why was there a risky road situation near a university in the first place?
When you choose to drive unsafely, you choose to drive with intent to kill.
There is a firm correlation between not wanting to murder others and driving carefully.
And while there are unfortunate accidents, the vast majority of pedestrian and cyclist deaths are caused by arseholes
Not accidents, collisions.
All automotive collisions are avoidable. In this case, it sounds like the driver was at fault. The road designers were at fault and probably politicians are also at fault.
@limer @Fredthefishlord But many of those arseholes aren't driving, they're sitting in offices designing dangerous streets or vehicles.
He didn't commit a murder because he didn't plan to murder her. Accidents aren't murder and not everyone is to survive the day.
Correct. Killing is allowed if you do it at random with an SUV.
Did the traffic engineer who created an intersection leading to death commit murder or manslaughter?
What about further traffic engineers who reuse this exact intersection knowing it leads to death?
Unhinged take, you clearly don't even know what will means. It's a tragic accident