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dainkinkaide posted...

There is no 3rd degree murder in either the US Criminal Code or the D.C. Criminal Code.

In addition, the felony murder rule may apply, kicking this back up to 1st degree murder.

Yeah, I voted 2nd degree murder b/c 1st seemed unlikely.
But then I keep forgetting how damn wide of a dragnet "felony murder" can entail*.
I've disagreed w/ felony murder for a long damn time, but it is the law, and it's these "tough on crime" and "blue lives matter" morons that support such strict laws. So fuck 'em! These terrorists deserve whatever charges they get.
I think technically every single person that went to the riots could be considered complicit in the murder, if the prosecutor was vindictive enough.

* For example, it could be a group of unarmed burglars robbing a house w/ no intention of physical altercation only for the owner to awaken and shoot one of them dead, and then under felony murder rules, ALL of the people involved in the crime are "murderers" for engaging in a crime that lead to someone being killed, even though none of them fired a shot and it was one of them that died. Even the getaway driver chilling in his car outside is legally a "murderer". There have been cases just like this, and they were indeed found to be "murderers".