Charged with Murder & 26 yrs in Prison for Highway Stove Accident


	Charged with Murder & 26 yrs in Prison for Highway Stove Accident

digits

7-12-2008 9:02 PM

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Apparently a fatal accident can successfully be called 1st degree murder if the victim is a deputy and/or the one causing the accident is a criminal.

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