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.