• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Are all these school shooters, attacking actual public schools, being charged with terrorism?

    There’s little need to up-charge school shooters. Many of them are killed on sight. Those that are captured (Dylan Roof, for instance) get life without parole or the death sentence.

    But in NYC, a single murder without a terrorist motive only gets you to 2nd Degree Murder. That means you’ll be out in 15 years. The “terrorism” addendum is necessary for life without parole sentencing.