What would you class as conclusive proof, though?
How do you accidentally strangle someone, period?I keep coming back to a simple question: how do you accidentally strangle someone you never met before?
I meant not guilty to the murder charge.he's admitted to manslaughter, there should be no choice of NG.
So let's say that the victim has just raped and murdered your baby, and you kill him in revenge.
Are you really saying that I cannot blame the victim in any way for what has happened?
If you say so.
I think if her neck injuries showed more force for longer it would be conclusive proof that he intended to strangle her to death.
You don't do it accidentally. However, I think it's possible to grip someone tightly around the neck on purpose but without the intention to kill them. The intention could be restraint, to overpower, to gain control of the situation. I'm not saying this was definitely VT's intention but there's enough doubt IMO to preclude me from judging him to be guilty of murder rather than manslaughter.I keep coming back to a simple question: how do you accidentally strangle someone you never met before?
A not guilty verdict would worry me because it would imply that you can strangle and smother someone to death and avoid being found guilty of murder if you say you didn't mean any harm and make ludicrous statements such as that you didn't know that strangling and smothering led to death. It must worry the judge for that reason too.
I'd need to know that he intended her to die and I'm not sure the proof of that has been demonstrated.She died from it, what more do you need?
I'd need to know that he intended her to die and I'm not sure the proof of that has been demonstrated.
I'd need to know that he intended her to die and I'm not sure the proof of that has been demonstrated.