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Originally Posted by Mr_Draco
He wasn't found Not Guilty. The jury was declared Deadlocked. There is a difference.
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I was not stating the jury verdict here, I was stating my opinion. He is not guilty of 1st degree murder in my opinion and I believe the prosecutor was over-reaching with this charge. I think 2nd degree murder would have been a more appropriate charge. 1st degree murder requires premeditation. You planned to go out and kill someone. 2nd degree murder is spur of the moment. You got pissed off and decided to kill someone at that point in time. So unless the prosecutor was convinced that Mr. Dunn went out that day with the intent of killing someone, it is going to be really difficult to convict him on a 1st degree murder charge regardless of other circumstances in the case.