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Originally posted by mardigras
Unless the cop was wired, he could have pulled out the gun and shot him, ditched the weed, then claim whatever reason for shooting the person he "didn't know was a cop" and got half the time on manslaughter. That's pretty sad. Judges should have 100% control over sentences and let the appeals processes keep checks and balances on unfair sentences.
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Could have. I could have gotten drunk last night and fucked the mayor's wife with a dildo wrapped in barbed wire, but I didn't. The point is, "could have" means squat. You can't punish someone for a crime that they "could have" committed. Law enforcement by its nature is something that happens after a crime is committed, not before.
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