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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

He was charged with terrorism to get a 1st degree murder charge in New York state. Otherwise, they couldn't charge that. Cute post, but it's not what happened.

A charge of murder in the first degree is rare in New York because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged.

Under state law, murder in the first degree only applies to a narrow list of aggravating circumstances, including when the victim is a judge, a police officer or a first responder, or when the killing involves a murder-for-hire or an intent to commit terrorism.

So yeah, they're risking a bit hitting him with that, and yeah, they're going out on a limb because of who the victim was.

[–] agamemnonymous 8 points 2 weeks ago

... so you're saying it is what happened?

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