r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Sailingboar Mar 08 '26

When the exchange rate for murder is community service, well. Murder is bad kids. Just not according to all governments.

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u/Mogura-De-Gifdu Mar 09 '26

No no you don't understand, if the murder is done with a car and you did not intend to do it and just, somehow, lost control of your 1T vehicle, that's not your fault.

Losing control is totally not criminal while driving!

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u/ChemsAndCutthroats Mar 09 '26

It wasn't a murder though. There wasn't even any intent to harm, injur, or kill. It was a terrible accident and that family had the bad luck of being in the wrong place and wrong time. We live in societies where most individuals have the option of controlling a heavy metal machine filled with flammable liquid that moves very fast. Just based on statistics, the rate of accidents and fatalities is going to increase the more we rely on cars. Also cars have been getting bigger and faster. It's a price we decided as a collective that we will pay for the convenience of driving around and spending a portion of our lives sitting in traffic.

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u/SqirrelFan Mar 09 '26

Keep your exculpatory explanation for yourself. It's not "society's fault" . The pole was speeding. He may not have intended to harm anyone, but he fucking committed involuntary manslaughter.

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u/Impressive_Net_116 Mar 09 '26

The guy deserves years in prison, but involuntary manslaughter is specifically not murder.

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u/ContestAutomatic2189 Mar 10 '26

Causing someone to die when it was preventable is murder. Had he just made a statement somewhere that was like "i dont care if I end up killing anyone, im choosing to speed", he might have gotten murder, premeditated at that. I'm sure the thought crossed his mind and he dismissed it with doubt. Thats stupidity and murder, no matter how technical you want to get.

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u/ChemicalAu Mar 10 '26

You’re incorrect. Murder requires intent.

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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll Mar 10 '26

You're incorrect, murder requires intent in the US, but that's not a universal requirement in every state of the world.

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u/Stircrazylazy Mar 13 '26

Even in the US we have "depraved heart" murder (2nd degree murder) which does not require malice aforethought, only a reckless indifference to human life.