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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: [OT] Two assassins plead guilty to second degree murder then try to
 kill each other in open court
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:49:39 -0400
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There doesn't seem to be any video of this but two men who admitted to 
killing an accused terrorist fought a bitter physical fight in open 
court after accepting a plea to second degree murder. I can't recall 
ever hearing of something like this before.

https://vancouversun.com/news/guilty-pleas-murder-ripudaman-singh-malik

The article is right in observing that the killers have admitted to the 
killing but have only agreed to a second degree murder conviction and 
have not identified who hired them to do the killing. Why give them 
years less of prison time? Was the prosecution case really that weak?

It wouldn't be unprecedented for people who had committed an obviously 
premeditated murder to be be convicted only of second degree murder. I 
still remember the case of a serving Canadian soldier named Denis Lortie 
who carefully planned an attack on the Quebec provincial legislature, 
wrote a manifesto announcing his intentions, and then carried them out, 
killing three members of the assembly. He too was convicted of second 
degree murder. He was soon demanding escorted day paroles to go play 
golf - and granted them! He's apparently living quietly in Quebec having 
served his sentence some years back.

I'm also curious what would make the two assassins attack one another in 
court? That is surely not going to win them any points with the judge....

-- 
Rhino