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Shadowbird_RH posted...

Causing a deadly fire at 9 years old, killing his own family. For it to be murder, it has to be proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that killing his family was his deliberate intention. If rather than fire, he had knifed them all in their sleep, it'd be an open and shut case, obviously a hardened 9YO murderer, but I believe this is much more likely to be a horrible accident, made all the more horrible by people who want to make sure just one more life is destroyed by it.

Reasonable doubt. Shadow of a doubt is not legally recognized because almost no convictions would occur if you had to disprove the Martians did the crime along with everyone else for every case.
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Que sera, sera. Whatever happens, happens.
...and he was never heard from again.