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Paul Pelosi attacker offers apology in emotional testimony: ‘He was never my target’ (thehill.com)

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"I never meant to hurt him, only kidnap and potentially murder his wife!"

In his defense, the article does a much better job of explaining the apology than the headline

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[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

They're still wrong because criminal law has the concept of transferred intent.

[-] jopepa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just had to google that, but it’s astounding that needs to be spelled out into law. Before that was inked out could you just call a mulligan if you killed the wrong person?

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