Guys, I have to tell you: legally, it doesn't matter whether Fields' car hit Heyer or not. Having a heart attack from fear allows for a murder charge just as well. The defense is not "he didn't actually cause her death", it's "his actions were self-defense or panic"
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Replying to @HbdNrx
You are missing the nuance that, if she died of a heart attack, it is unlikely he possessed the malice aforethought needed for murder. People are murdered with knives, guns and blunt objects, not heart attacks.
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Replying to @johnqp33
Nah, the theory would be that he intentionally drove into a crowd of people, intending to harm/kill them and/or doing something that could be reasonably expected to harm or kill someone. That's all they need.
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Replying to @HbdNrx
That's just a restatement of the prosecution's theory. It has nothing to do with any nuance about the cause of death.
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Replying to @johnqp33
That part doesn't matter. If the action could be reasonably expected to cause harm and did cause harm then the exact mechanism doesn't matter.
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