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Suicide is not a crime, nor should it be. As far as Russian Roulette, played correctly it would be considered suicide. HOWEVER, AND AGAIN - this case was not a game of Russian roulette. The woman was shot in the chest by another person. This couldn't be further from the game of russian roulette, which entails a person taking a single bullet, putting it into a revoler's cylinder, spinning the cylinder, putting it to one's own head then pulling the trigger.
At some point, are people in this thread going to start posting in line with the facts of the story rather than the idiotic completely innacurate headline of the story?
Suicide is not a crime, nor should it be. As far as Russian Roulette, played correctly it would be considered suicide. HOWEVER, AND AGAIN - this case was not a game of Russian roulette. The woman was shot in the chest by another person. This couldn't be further from the game of russian roulette, which entails a person taking a single bullet, putting it into a revoler's cylinder, spinning the cylinder, putting it to one's own head then pulling the trigger.
At some point, are people in this thread going to start posting in line with the facts of the story rather than the idiotic completely innacurate headline of the story?
Suicide is not a crime, nor should it be. As far as Russian Roulette, played correctly it would be considered suicide. HOWEVER, AND AGAIN - this case was not a game of Russian roulette. The woman was shot in the chest by another person. This couldn't be further from the game of russian roulette, which entails a person taking a single bullet, putting it into a revoler's cylinder, spinning the cylinder, putting it to one's own head then pulling the trigger.
At some point, are people in this thread going to start posting in line with the facts of the story rather than the idiotic completely innacurate headline of the story?
I know what the story is I was responding to a poster who wondered whether Russian roulette is illegal. It is relevant in this thread because it’s the cops defense.
I know what the story is I was responding to a poster who wondered whether Russian roulette is illegal. It is relevant in this thread because it’s the cops defense.
The cop's defense is not that they were playing russian roulette, his defense is that they were playing around with the gun and it went off unintentionally - I'm not going to repeat the facts, you already know them. The writer of the article is the one who called it russian roulette, probably as click bait because it's much more bizarre to picture a couple cops playing the actual game rather than what actually (supposedly) happened.
The cop's defense is not that they were playing russian roulette, his defense is that they were playing around with the gun and it went off unintentionally - I'm not going to repeat the facts, you already know them. The writer of the article is the one who called it russian roulette, probably as click bait because it's much more bizarre to picture a couple cops playing the actual game rather than what actually (supposedly) happened.
OMG, does it really matter what we call it? Do we have to say they were playing a twist on Russian Roulette (which it was)? Cause that takes to long to type each time.
OMG, does it really matter what we call it? Do we have to say they were playing a twist on Russian Roulette (which it was)? Cause that takes to long to type each time.
It does matter, the loser of a game of russian roulette is a suicide. While it may have been a game they were (supposedly) playing, the loser is a murder victim. Calling this a game of russian roulette just distorts the facts and puts a false light of innocence on the killer and responsibility on the victim.
Even if the facts are true, I still can't believe the prosecutor has gone with such a light charge of involuntary manslaughter. At the minimum it should be voluntary manslaughter. I guess you can just chalk it up to another case of the unwillingness of the system to charge cops with murder. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets off completely tbh, but I think we can be confident his cop days are over.
It does matter, the loser of a game of russian roulette is a suicide. While it may have been a game they were (supposedly) playing, the loser is a murder victim. Calling this a game of russian roulette just distorts the facts and puts a false light of innocence on the killer and responsibility on the victim.
Even if the facts are true, I still can't believe the prosecutor has gone with such a light charge of involuntary manslaughter. At the minimum it should be voluntary manslaughter. I guess you can just chalk it up to another case of the unwillingness of the system to charge cops with murder. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets off completely tbh, but I think we can be confident his cop days are over.
Nathaniel Hendren claimed the game they were playing was Reverse Russian Roulette. Crazy. Reverse means another person points the pistol at you and pulls the trigger, as opposed to you putting the pistol to your temple and pulling the trigger. I had never heard of this before, but that's the s-t-o-r-y.
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