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[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 304 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

In a written decision, Judge Gregory Carro said that although there is no doubt that the killing was not an ordinary street crime, New York law doesn’t consider something terrorism simply because it was motivated by ideology.

“While the defendant was clearly expressing an animus toward UHC, and the health care industry generally, it does not follow that his goal was to ‘intimidate and coerce a civilian population,’ and indeed, there was no evidence presented of such a goal,” Carro wrote.

Hope the rest of the trial goes with as much sense as this

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 153 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's huge. That was a big charge and the prosecutors really wanted it.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 74 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Hell yes. Now the guy just has to keep them from proving he did it. Honestly feels doable

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 63 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I for one was marathoning Mario Party with him that morning. All the best people are saying it!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 21 points 15 hours ago

That's a great idea. Mario Kart drive me to freedom

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I mean it's super super tenuous that he did it in the first place. Again they ethier got him through illegal means or just framed a guy and both feel equally likely in this case with how hard the prosecution keeps dropping the ball.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

It's been fishy from the start.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 42 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I understand why they tried to throw those charges in, but I don’t like the inconsistency of doing so.

I agree this is a sensible outcome.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Because the Justice department is being run by headlines and idiots.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 18 points 16 hours ago

Amen - thank you, yes!

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Is it normal for judges to make comments that are worded like the defendant is guilty?

[–] RiceBowl@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Right? I thought that was odd, too.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

They should have said something like, "The prosecution hasn't established a motive for the crime to justify a terrorism charge," or something similar.

But I'm not a lawyer, so it's possible (maybe probable) that it's fine to reference the defendant's motives in reference to the prosecution's claims.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

The only people without such animus either work for the industry or are shareholders.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

It's good to see things simmer back down to reality after all the inflammatory politically-motivated accusations. Everyone deserves a fair trial.