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[–] oysvendsen@lemmy.world 92 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

The Albuquerque Police Department said no charges are expected to be filed against the woman who crashed into VanLandingham.

WTF?!

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There’s an old joke among American lawyers that if you’re going to murder someone in America, do it with your car. But it’s not really a joke, because the cops will 100% assume it was just an accident, and prosecutors will refuse to bring any charges.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

what happened to the good old man-slaughter which should also apply in cases of accidents

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not the driver that kills, it's the car. How are you going to assign man-slaughter charges to an inanimate object?

PS: The inverse is true for guns tho.

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