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Murder defendant slips restraints in court, stabs his lawyer with pen. All good, attorney says (www.latimes.com)

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[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I think it might just be a line of how they used the random object could have reasonably resulted in death. So if you smack someone in the face with a fluffy pillow, it's not a deadly weapon. If you try to smother them with it, it is.