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    KLB

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    2nd degree murder is probably correct for this.
    Second-degree murder was previously called voluntary manslaughter in Illinois, and it can be a complicated charge for jurors to understand. It requires jurors to find that the prosecutors have proved all the elements of first-degree murder. Then they must decide whether the defense has shown “it is more probably true than not true” that Van Dyke believed he was justified, but that belief was unreasonable.

    Not sure how the jury reconciled that with the aggravated assault charges though.

    Second-degree murder versus first-degree murder, explained - Chicago Tribune
     

    2A_Tom

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    You said the cool kids would be there. I don't know the names of the other three.
     
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