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originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: rdambroso
Should Presidential candidates be immune from the consequences of their actions? If declare my candidacy and then murder someone is it political persecution if I'm tried and convicted?
originally posted by: BeyondKnowledge3
a reply to: Threadbarer
You don't see that noone has been convicted in this way ever before? They used a nonexistent crime as evidence to charge another crime.
A coverup of a crime that hasn't even been charged is ridiculous.
To continue with your murder comparison, can you convict a person of lying about not committing a murder if they have not committed that murder and have not even been charged with murder?
originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: BeyondKnowledge3
Over 150 people have been prosecuted by the Manhattan DA's office since Bragg was elected using this statute.
And to go back to my murder example, most states have their first degree murder statute broken down into two categories, premeditated murder and felony murder. Premeditated murder is self-explanatory. Felony murder is when a person kills someone in the commission of another crime. However, they do not need to be charged with the other crime to be found guilty of first degree murder.