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STREAMOFCONSCIOUSN3S t1_j5pd68n wrote

> Henrico Circuit Judge Richard S. Wallerstein Jr. convicted Williams after accepting his pleas and set sentencing for April 14. The boy’s plea agreement caps at 60 years the active prison term to which he can be sentenced.

Hopefully he's in there the full 60. He sounds like he had a horrible upbringing such that he's an inherent danger to society.

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Ultimatethies t1_j5pcmsg wrote

Voluntary manslaughter is considered “heat of passion” killing.

Let’s say someone accidentally hit and killed your family member in a car crash, and in your fury you killed the person who did it, that would be voluntary manslaughter.

2nd degree murder doesn’t include the element of an elevated emotional state.

I assume by charging the officer with voluntary manslaughter the commonwealth is arguing that the officer was in an emotional state that clouded his judgement when it happened.

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