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 There is a big difference between manslaughter and first-degree murder.

 DNA can't prove intent. You have cases where you already know who did it. The question is, when you take all the facts, what crime is that? First-degree murder? Second-degree? Manslaughter?

 The grandmother, Annie Williams, had been charged by us with manslaughter, but the grand jury is returned now with a charge of murder in the first degree.

 I did, ... But it could be manslaughter, not murder. It's not necessarily murder. But it doesn't bother me what you call it. I know what it is. This could never be a crime in any society which deems itself enlightened.

 Certain felonies, like robbery, constitute first-degree murder, ... But in this case the third-degree felony is battery -- which is not in the listing of charges -- the beating of Terry King with the bat. For third-degree murder, you only have to show that the defendant intended to commit the battery.

 If he didn't believe it was necessary, then it's murder, ... If that belief was not reasonable, the crime is manslaughter. Mr. Reynolds did not believe deadly force was necessary to terminate a criminal trespass. He chose to execute Janet Bacon. The evidence compels a murder verdict.

 This is manslaughter due to the degree of recklessness.

 I don't think that would even apply theoretically, first-degree murder, you know, because you would have to have an intent to do something, and if you just look at the facts, even if you would want to construct something, I don't think you can even construct first-degree murder.

 These are considerations that have been made clear to us already and were taken into consideration when we reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter.

 I'm satisfied with it and I think it's a fair verdict. Clearly, this was not a first-degree murder case. The state could not prove that Mr. McGee committed premeditated murder against Mr. Graham.

 I believe that the jurors will understand the difference between murder and an act of mercy and compassion. Just because the prosecution has indicated that this is murder, that does not mean it is so.

 The difference between murder one and murder two is not so much what the person did, it's what was in their mind at the time.

 Right now there are 28 inmates on work-release and 247 inmates in community work programs who were convicted of murder, manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide,

 That's why a lot of folks have cottages up there. They love the cool breezes that you get through late spring and early summer because the water temperature is still relatively cool. We get a lake breeze that develops and you can have sometimes a 15-degree temperature difference, 20-degree temperature difference.

 I think we might have a slight degree of difference in the degree of aggressiveness in certain government bodies such as EPA and NHTSA. But overall, even in a Bush administration, environmental regulations are going to become increasingly stringent.


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