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ThiefCitron t1_jcf84j7 wrote

I wouldn’t trust your friend, because what he told you he saw on Facebook can’t be true! If Billy was already tried for killing you and served time, he can’t be later convicted again of a higher charge for the same killing, that would be double jeopardy. He also can’t be convicted of murder before even being arrested—he’d need to be arrested first, then tried and convicted, but he can’t be tried twice for the same killing regardless, it doesn’t matter how much new evidence came to light.

Your friend is lying to you about Billy for some reason, so watch out!

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Theeaglestrikes OP t1_jcfmry7 wrote

Sorry for the late reply — I’m currently recovering in the hospital. Fair points, but I wasn’t lying. I mean… I learned all of that from town gossip on a Facebook page, so maybe it wasn’t the most reliable source of information. Ron really wanted to know why Billy would bring him back. The truth is that he’s just a psycho. He didn’t need much of a reason. And he’ll certainly rot in prison for savagely attacking me, even if I omit the supernatural elements from my story.

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Worldly_Vast6340 t1_jciqwm9 wrote

I was confused by that part, also. it can't happen the way it was said. Wonder what really happened and why the FB page said something impossible. Maybe he was going to be tried for manslaughter and somehow it changed to murder. The convicted parts were just gossip, idk.

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