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0 pointszarzavat1y ago0 comments

Depends on if it could be shown that the decision to not ground was motivated by a desire for profit or not.

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There are different degrees of murder. First degree requires you to plan in advance kill someone (either particular person or a specific group). Second degree murder doesn't require the plan to kill, and so negligence for financial gain COULD be second degree murder depending on the details. (Boeing knew or should have known that their mistakes could lead to death and so mitigated this)

Note that US states are not consistent on what is second degree murder. I cannot find a federal definition (I'm not a lawyer - this should be seen as me not knowing the right search terms). There are many other countries with their own definitions of murder which are all slightly different.

gruez1y ago

Still not murder unless they intended for the deaths to occur.

immibis1y ago

> The felony murder rule is a rule that allows a defendant to be charged with first-degree murder for a killing that occurs during a dangerous felony, even if the defendant is not the killer.

gruez1y ago

Is whatever Boeing did a "dangerous felony"? Wikipedia suggests not every crime qualifies:

>To avoid the need for reliance upon common law interpretations of what felony conduct merges with murder, and what offenses do and do not qualify for felony murder, many U.S. jurisdictions explicitly list what offenses qualify in a felony murder statute. Federal law specifies additional crimes, including terrorism, kidnapping, and carjacking.

shakna1y ago

Knowingly placing thousands of lives at risk, including possible state actors - risking international relationships, whilst also risking damages to critical infrastructure, such as airports, certainly would seem to qualify as a dangerous felony.

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Nuzzerino1y ago

If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to Boeing.

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gruez1y ago

Still not murder unless they intended for the deaths to occur.

immibis1y ago

> The felony murder rule is a rule that allows a defendant to be charged with first-degree murder for a killing that occurs during a dangerous felony, even if the defendant is not the killer.

gruez1y ago

Is whatever Boeing did a "dangerous felony"? Wikipedia suggests not every crime qualifies:

shakna1y ago

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Nuzzerino1y ago

If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to Boeing.

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