NOW I see why they went for “terrorism”.
A charge of murder in the first degree is rare in New York because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged.
Under state law, murder in the first degree only applies to a narrow list of aggravating circumstances, including when the victim is a judge, a police officer or a first responder, or when the killing involves a murder-for-hire or an intent to commit terrorism.
BUT…
“This victim was shot in the back of the head, not the front of the head, on a quiet sidewalk, early in the morning, in the dark. It doesn’t appear from a defense attorney’s perspective that this was intended to be a terroristic type of murder,” Schneider said.
“The murder happened first, the outcry was second and totally unpredictable,” Schneider said. “So, I think this might be a case of overreaching on murder one.”
What are they going to try and prove? That the social media outcome was what he wanted and predicted? Horse. Puckey. We know they’ll try to use his manifesto though.
If they deny him a jury trial in the name of “terrorism”, we should all riot.
They cannot deny him a jury trial. That right is at the very pillars of our system of law. Hell, even dictators run kangaroo courts. Which this trial won’t be because the eyes of the world on on it.
My understanding is that “terrorists” do not always have that right.