• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    I’m still trying to figure out where the federal jurisdiction is in a simple murder, it’s not a serial thing, a hate crime, or a crime conducted across state lines. Could the federal government really just be charging anyone with simple murder?

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        21 hours ago

        Unironically it is due to him using a phone across state lines in order to stalk the CEO first as well as the bus.

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          21 hours ago

          That is the flimsiest crap I’ve ever heard. There’s been a problem with stalkers not getting prosecuted for decades and now suddenly they’re so interested they get charges in a matter of days?

          The double standard could not be more clear. The people are left to fend for themselves while the federal government uses every tiny scrap of power to defend the wealthy.