Claims that brothers were sexually abused didn’t supersede ‘premeditation and deliberation’ of killings, says judge

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I mean, being in prison, you don’t have much else to do but keep fighting in court. Our legal system is a meat grinder, and our prisons are a horror show.

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      7 months ago

      Can you explain why? I vaguely remember that it seemed plausible there were extenuating circumstances that were worth considering. Weren’t they horribly horribly abused? Or is that the part you’re calling bullshit?

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          7 months ago

          I’m not sure I’ve heard any child sexual abuse case where i was like “oh yeah that seems plausible”. They are always unbelievably heinous and mind-blowing to me, so would be curious why this one seems particularly unbelievable

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          7 months ago

          From what I’ve been reading it seems pretty likely they were sexually abused. Do you have any counter evidence? Even the judge in this said that the new evidence “slightly supports” the idea of abuse they just don’t think that it would have resulted in a change to the outcome of the case.