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Originally posted by shultzz
Who cares? It all gonna come down to who has the best lawyer. If he is a white guy with $$$ he will get slapped on the wrist. Black guy with no money and he will hang.
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Shultzz -- the black guy with no money is likely to get a better defense attorney than the white guy with lots of money b/c public defenders TEND to be the best defense attorneys you can get in murder trials (they defend a whole lot more of them). My friend was murdered last year and we keep praying that the murderer's family will scrape together the cash to pay a private defense attorney b/c the PD she got is one of the toughest around.
Valkyrie is correct about the attempted murder answer. Whether he would be charged with attempted murder, manslaughter or some degree thereof would depend upon the state. The Illinois statute is (for the most part) a codification of the common law definition of attempt.
You cannot charge murder b/c you cannot murder someone who is already dead. There are other statutory crimes that he could be charged with as well, but those would also vary based on state, evidence and circumstances.
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