Hoosac_Love OP t1_je98p83 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Hingham Apple store crasher indicted on 2nd degree murder charges by Hoosac_Love

I didn't see that in the article but it said he was from New Jersey so perhaps he was renting

kingeddie98 t1_je98tnb wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:24 AM

Did the DA’s office discover that the suspect intended to do it?

Hoosac_Love OP t1_je9c04o wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:03 AM

The DA must have discovered something,they got the indictment

9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jeana3j wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:06 PM

It's really easy to get a grand jury to indict, it's not an adversarial process.

That said, presumably the DA wouldn't swing for this unless there was something more there.

Hoosac_Love OP t1_jeani9a wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:08 PM

Yea ,they won't want the egg on there face better known as an acquittal

9Z7EErh9Et0y0Yjt98A4 t1_jeaoc98 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:13 PM

Most cases end in plea agreements, so it's not exactly uncommon for prosecution to pile up scary indictments to improve their negotiation position. Plead guilty to a reduced charge or risk a billion years at trial, doesn't require a master of game theory to work it out.

Trial by jury is pretty uncommon outside your high school civics textbook.

Hoosac_Love OP t1_jeaptfb wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Yea true ,plea scaring is an unethical but common tactic.A prosecutor is not supposed to bring charges unless they truly feel thay can prove a case BRD.

Very often they throw on charges to get a better plea,if they charge here murder 2 they can get a longer sentence out of a manslaughter plea.

It would be ironic if the DA's are using Mac book's instead of Microsoft laptops in court.