04-20-2021, 18:26
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Originally Posted by NurseTim
But guilty of second degree murder, second degree manslaughter, AND third degree murder? For one death?
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Exactly. I was on a homicide jury in L.A. and we had a choice of 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree Murder, Manslaughter, or Not Guilty.
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Originally Posted by Minnesota Statutes
609.195 MURDER IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
(a) Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years.
(b) Whoever, without intent to cause death, proximately causes the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly, unlawfully selling, giving away, bartering, delivering, exchanging, distributing, or administering a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, is guilty of murder in the third degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both.
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"a)" Might apply to Chauvin but it seems that Floyd's drug dealer should also be charged with "b)". But, still, how do you have all three?
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.195
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