TheProgressivePatriot
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Where do you get that crap that it has to to strngulation or choking? Chauvin's actions caused floyed death .Conviction is the only option for, at the very least 3rd degree murderOf course he deserves to walk. The cause of death was not strangulation or choking, end of story. There are no fractional homicide laws in MN, so walking is the only option.Do you really think that chauvin deserves to walk? Do you really thing that Floyd would be dead if it were not for Chauvin's actions? The media might be biased on both sides, but what matter is what the jury sees and hears, and they are seeing and hearing it all.This was a political hit job from the get go. The liberal media's coverage is so biased it isn't worth watching.
Anyone know why the union didn't do more to help Chauvin? Odd how utterly useless the union was in this situation.
Minnesota Murder & Homicide Laws and Penalties | Ringstrom Law
Third-Degree Murder
A third-degree murder charge (Minn. Stat. 609.195) falls between second-degree murder and manslaughter. No intent to kill is required for any case of third-degree murder. The “depraved mind” language of this crime is regarded by some legal practitioners as old-fashioned to the point of being unhelpful to the criminal justice system, but for now it remains in the statute.
Classic examples of this level of murder are driving a vehicle or firing a gun into a group of people. This murder charge can also result when a person is killed through any dangerous act showing indifference to the sanctity of human life.
And then there is manslaughter to consider
First-Degree Manslaughter
As with murder, first-degree manslaughter (Minn. Stat. § 609.20) requires the intent to cause death only in some situations, not all. Two types of situations require intent:
On the other hand, various situations do not require intent in order for first-degree manslaughter to be found:
- Killing someone out of passion based on a provocation that would cause anyone of typical self-control to react similarly
- Being coerced to kill someone in order to save your life or someone else’s life
- Killing someone while committing fifth-degree assault if the level of force or violence used made death reasonably foreseeable to the perpetrator (for example, punching someone knowing it might be enough of an injury to kill the person)
- Killing someone through providing them with Schedule II, IV, or V drugs (for example, tainted drugs). As mentioned above, a similar act committed with Schedule I or II drugs is considered third-degree murder.
- Killing a child while attempting an act of malicious punishment, as defined by statute (provided the situation doesn’t otherwise rise to the level of murder)
Second-Degree Manslaughter
Manslaughter in the second degree (Minn. Stat. § 609.205) can occur in several different ways:
- Killing someone in an act while knowingly taking the chance of causing someone’s death or serious injury
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