do you get tried for murder with special circumstances and that gets held up the through the whole trial?? Like even though you didnt know that the person was a cop because they were off duty does that make a difference??
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In my country they do very bad things to you if you kill a police man, but if you kill your neighbor not so bad.
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Yes. Knowledge that the person was an officer isn't a requirement (in any state I'm aware of). I guess they can justify this by arguing the point that the death of a police officer is such a societal harm that it rates a special circumstance whether the person knew his status or not.
Since murder is bad enough and killing a cop is considered far worse, there aren't a lot of people shedding tears for those who might have legitimately not known the victim was a cop.
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i don't know but i think it's f***ed up that we hold some human beings to higher standards than others.....directly to jail for killing a cop, but not for killing a life saving doctor or scientist??? it's a case of the lawmakers showing their nuts.
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nope you go to jail do not pass gole and do not collect $200