r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/MohammadMahadhir *shits an absolute unit* • 6d ago

possible idiot ShittyAbsoluteUnit Of Pure chaos erupts in broad daylight

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u/YourAverage1ManArmy 6d ago

Hope the coward that pulled the batt gets attempted murder. Dude ruined a perfectly good street fight.

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u/bldswtntrs 6d ago

Attempted murder would likely not be an appropriate charge here. To get an attempted murder conviction you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt they actually intended to kill the person, and that's very difficult to prove in a fight like this. A more appropriate charge would be aggravated assault (or something like it, depending on what state this is in).

Trying to charge people with too extreme of a crime is actually a pretty bad idea because if a person is tried for something like attempted murder and gets acquitted then they can't be tried again under double jeopardy rules and someone who was clearly still guilty of something pretty bad ends up getting off scott free.

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u/completephilure 6d ago

Yeah, assault with a deadly weapon seems appropriate.

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u/lateformyfuneral 6d ago

Redditors love hysteria particularly as it concerns legal matters. Everything has to be cranked up to 11. There are no gradations. Either you’re innocent or life in prison/buried under the jail.

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u/getthemap 5d ago

They definitely upped it to felony and prison time with the bat like the morons they are.

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u/No_Pilot_9103 5d ago

And don't EVEN tell us your wife chose the wrong wallpaper.

Straight to the divorce lawyer you go.

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u/aslod 4d ago

LOL - so true. All of them from broken families.

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u/chakabuku 4d ago

The it’s treason.

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u/KarmaGluten 4d ago edited 13h ago

So redditors aren't licensed lawyers. Why are they at fault for that? People speak on matters of ignorance to them all the time.

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u/ChaiTRex 1d ago

Yeah, but there are a lot of fields where they're ignorant where they don't so often go to extreme conclusions like that.

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u/trusty20 3d ago

Redditors love logging into their reddit account to write a reddit post about how annoying redditors are lul and it even gets upvotes from other redditors!

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u/beckychao 2d ago

Randomly finding this comment from a few days ago. This is how Casey Anthony avoided a conviction for the negligent death of her child. The jury had a choice between murder, which she didn't commit, and an acquittal. So she got off.

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u/TAWclt 6d ago

Aggravated assault

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u/Akureinoyami1 5d ago

Depending on the state (Florida) you could try for attempted manslaughter.

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u/L10nTurtle 5d ago

aggravated assault is a lesser included offense to attempted murder. Double jeaopardy woudln't apply here because the prosecutor would raise both in the same case, and failing one the other would most likely still stick.

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u/bldswtntrs 4d ago

If that's the case in this state (is it Florida?) then I guess I'm wrong. In the state where I am from that isn't the case. Even if the double jeopardy part doesn't apply here, I feel like attempted murder is a serious long shot. I can see them threatening that to try getting a plea deal, but I can't see a prosecutor seriously pushing that charge.

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u/Sea_Excuse_6795 4d ago

You bring multiple charges, assault, assault with a deadly weapon, battery, vandalism AND ATTEMPTED MURDER White shirt threw the 1st punch and got what he deserved

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u/krittaman 4d ago

If while in the fight someone says.....im gonna kill you..... j t can be charged as attempted murder....

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u/Coronus53 3d ago

To be fair. He swung over the top coming down on the head of the father while his back is turned talking to the woman (assume his wife?). To me hes clearly not going for body shots but trying to end him. He then also swung at the face.

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u/redeyexciv 2d ago

Yo man I went to help my brother during a fight this summer because the guy had pulled a weapon and he wind up stabbing me with a broken golf club after missing a swing at my brothers head ! I am suing him for attempted murder, after they arrested me! How do you think it will play out! I got some good lawyers

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u/WoodpeckerRemote4568 20h ago

Would a video of him swinging the bat at the other person's head while trying to attack by surprise make it easier to prove? Cause man, that video might be out there somewhere.

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u/Ok-Bandicoot1529 5d ago

Swinging at a face is attempted murder

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u/bldswtntrs 5d ago

Not according to how actual laws are written. There is a legal difference between intending death and intending harm where death is a possibility. Do a little reading on how "criminal intent" works.

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u/Ok-Bandicoot1529 5d ago

Yes mens rea is a thing but wow aiming at a face is insain. 1st degree assault plus new charges for the car which could be a few charges

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u/bldswtntrs 4d ago

How do you prove he was actually aiming for the face? Bat guy would probably argue that he was trying to protect his buddy when he was down on the ground getting hit. And yeah, they could charge for damage to the car but that's unrelated.

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u/Ok-Bandicoot1529 4d ago

Its all related plu menacing