Quote Originally Posted by tmckay2 View Post
i think it will be a travesty if they find him guilty on 2nd degree murder, but if they do have the flexibility to drop it down i can see them finding him guilty there. although people are supposed to be acquitted if the evidence isn't pretty concrete, sadly emotions often get into it and for whatever reason people are more concerned with someone who MIGHT be guilty getting off completely, so they often do find them guilty of something. but 2nd degree murder is pretty hard to prove in this case.
"Lesser and included..." Lookup "Merger doctrine".