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| Britain |
| Jailed for just 27 months: The thug who killed a bus passenger for asking him to stop swearing |
| 2008-10-18 |
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| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #2 Which is why the gentleman in question only got a manslaughter-length sentence. Perhaps he will stop abusing his girlfriend in public once he gets out. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-18 14:04 |
| #1 While unfortunate, and some haggling can be made about the sentence length, the bottom line is that this comes under the "one punch fight kill" rule of thumb. This usually happens during a mutual argument, when one person finally swings, connects, and the other person drops dead. There was no, zero intent to kill, and the fatal blow was either very unlucky, only indirectly resulted in the fatal blow from a fall, or exposed an internal flaw in the victim. In this case, it wasn't even a blow, it was a push, which could not anticipate the victim falling just so as to cause a lethal injury. And while the perp is unsympathetic, that matters far less than it being during an argument, as much as if the older man had swung first, and the younger man dropped dead. Such accidental kills are fairly common, such as a little league baseball player hit by a ball or flying bat, who drops dead; a slap across the face that "causes" a lethal stroke; even negligent homicide caused by leaving someone in distress like a heart attack, after an argument. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-18 11:45 |