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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
I guess I didn't realize that you could attempt to kill someone who was already dead.
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My understanding is that if you're not aware that they're dead, it treated the same as attacking a person who's alive.
That's why this is so difficult to understand...from Forcillo's perspective, Yatim is alive. In reality, he's dead. So the jury claims that Forcillo attempted to kill someone with the second volley but qualifies only as attempted murder since they (the jury) believe Yatim is dead at that moment. It takes a couple runs at that logic to understand the jury's decision.
A consequence of this for me is that the jury's decision assumes that Yatim was dead after the first volley. I wonder if there is autopsy information I'm unaware of...