RSwordsman t1_iubbzm9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:41 AM

If someone plans ahead of time to kill you and pulls it off, you've been murdered in the first degree. You're just not around to appreciate the charge unless you literally come back to haunt them.

TheFiredrake42 OP t1_iubck4j wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:46 AM

No, I mean noone has ever been like, that asshole nearly murdered me! Because you either are or are not murdered. It's kind of a pass/fail situation.

RSwordsman t1_iubej6t wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:02 AM

Heh I get you, but to be pedantic, a lot (if not all) crimes are like that. If you "nearly" do something, you could only be charged for attempting it at most.