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archangelwar
Oct 28, 2004

Teaching Moments

roomforthetuna posted:

Well, that was my point, you seem to be agreeing.
The judge decided to call it "involuntary manslaughter" which seems like a pretty clear example of a thing that it really isn't.


Except the judgement does not reside on simple presentation of texts, but establishes motive and proximity to the outcome by establishing premeditation and willful conspiracy all the way through to actions taken at the time of death that were intentful and with foreseeable consequence. The judge's verdict is more nuanced than your reductive presentation and thus no reason to accept fears of a slippery slope. The fact that it was suicide is only a matter of circumstance as the chosen method of enacting a premeditated predatory campaign of psychological abuse coupled with deliberate actions in proximity to the event with desire to achieve the foreseeable result of death with intent to derive personal gain.

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