Not a lawyer, but my reading of the law suggests that attempted murder is either a class 4 or 5 felony, carrying a 2-10 year sentence at most. Aggravated malicious wounding can get 20 years. Attempted murder is also harder to prove. Platania made a savvy decision here.
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Ah, makes sense. Also, weird sentencing. But it seems like this case will be pretty straightforward.
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It is weird sentencing. Here is the punishment schedule for felonies in VA: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter1/section18.2-10/ …
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Because they're purposely overcharging him to get him off the hook like they did with George Zimmerman?
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