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cthulu2016

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2. I am sure he would have been pleased with the outcome of killing all four
Fri Feb 14, 2014, 07:49 PM
Feb 2014

I am confident he did not act to protect any of the four.

And if I was guessing... but see, as a juror I cannot guess.

Anyone he shot, that fact right there is evidnce that the gun was pointed at them when fired. When someone is not shot, however, we lack that primary evidence of intent and get into guessing.

His malice is manifest. I think his actions vis-a-vis the other three are clearly at least assault with a deadly weapon. His actions are extraordinarily awful. But attempted murder with a gun reqires a speciffic intent and speciffic actions relating to each charge of attempted murder.

That is different from, say, a bomb. If he had thrown a hand grenade in the car it would be more clear-cut because, unlike a gun, a hand grenade doesn't involve much aiming.

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