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Originally Posted by TownGuy
I know nothing about how this all works but is it really "murder" if you punch someone and they happen to die from it? If everyone who got punched in the face died, murder numbers would be in the 1000s, and a fight with punches thrown could be called attempted murder.
But wow that is just a shitty situation all around. Don't know the people but to think they're leading their normal suburban lives and an escalated neighbour dispute ends in death for one and jail time for the other.
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In my uncle's case, it was argued down to "negligence causing death", because the person who punched (a bar bouncer) didn't bother to call an ambulance for him, just left him in a snow bank.
And he was later found not guilty because our justice system.
On topic, Thunder Bay's homicide rate is still at whichever number it was last time I posted about it, but the mayor says its just media being unfair to Thunder Bay because every city has murders so we shouldn't talk about ours.
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