Mother who strangled her autistic son walks free.

Oh, wait, they're journalists who took english classes, not law classes. Nibroc420

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] And yet they have children. Some people are just idiots.Nibroc420

Autism isn't real.Fightingfan

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]Unlawful yet intentional. Which would be considered pre-meditated.T_P_O

Well, I expected this to end up here. I do not know quite how to tell you this (well, I do, because I told you this before), but yeah, if you are trying to prove a murder in the jurisdiction of England and Wales, that is not the definition you'll have to satisfy. The context is kind of important, since the legal definition of murder varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Dictionary definitions are kind of stupid to use in cases like this.

And I'm just going to "in before" you here: I didn't say that the UK definition was universal, I've implied your definition was wrong in the context of the UK criminal justice system.

dic·tion·ar·y/ˈdikSHəˌnerē/
Noun: A book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.

To not use the actual meaning of a word, when using the word wouldn't make sense.
As such, when using a word, use the word with the correct definition. In this case...

mur·der/ˈmərdər/ Noun: The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
The mother's actions were.
1.) Illegal.(unlawful)
2.) resulted in death. (killing)
3.) Were thought out prior to doing it, as was stated in the article.

As such, she is a murderer.

Doesn't take much to come to a logical conclusion.

[QUOTE="T_P_O"]

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]Unlawful yet intentional. Which would be considered pre-meditated.Nibroc420

Well, I expected this to end up here. I do not know quite how to tell you this (well, I do, because I told you this before), but yeah, if you are trying to prove a murder in the jurisdiction of England and Wales, that is not the definition you'll have to satisfy. The context is kind of important, since the legal definition of murder varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Dictionary definitions are kind of stupid to use in cases like this.

And I'm just going to "in before" you here: I didn't say that the UK definition was universal, I've implied your definition was wrong in the context of the UK criminal justice system.

dic·tion·ar·y/ˈdikSHəˌnerē/
Noun: A book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.

To not use the actual meaning of a word, when using the word wouldn't make sense.
As such, when using a word, use the word with the correct definition. In this case...

mur·der/ˈmərdər/ Noun: The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
The mother's actions were.
1.) Illegal.(unlawful)
2.) resulted in death. (killing)
3.) Were thought out prior to doing it, as was stated in the article.

As such, she is a murderer.

Doesn't take much to come to a logical conclusion.

Autism isn't real.Fightingfan

I'm thinking you listen to Michael Savage or someone similar. Am I right?

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] And yet they have children. Some people are just idiots.Nibroc420

The woman needed a lot of help before it ever got this far... Sad regardless of what you thought the outcome should be.