>Hi Al.
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>>Our local serial murderer has been found guilty of 6 (so far) of 26 murders.
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>What I don't understand is why is was found guilty of second degree murder. That means he murdered the women but didn't plan to do so. Huh? Maybe the first one, but how can you kill six women over a several year period and NOT plan it?
My thought, too, when I read it. "
Second-degree?" Although at that moment I didn't remember exactly what it meant.
However, the issue seems to be whether there is enough evidence or not to prove a first-degree murder.
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