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Topic subjectI'm no OkayLegal, but I think 'heat of the moment' is still murder
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12778536, I'm no OkayLegal, but I think 'heat of the moment' is still murder
Posted by bentagain, Sat Apr-11-15 11:55 AM
I'm sure it's different by state

but, I think the answer to your question is the difference between justifiable homicide and 2nd degree murder

the video makes it really hard to argue that Mr Scott was a threat to the officer or anybody else

= 2nd degree murder