Roswell 1847
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I said I suspected that he had intended to call in a warning.McVeigh actually intended to call in and evacuate the building - so he didn't really intend to kill anyone at all!
There's only one place that thread goes. If, as you claim, McVeigh did not intend to kill anyone, then he's guilty of some kind of manslaughter.
Where else are you going this argument?
Mike
Also Felony murder doesn't require an intention to kill only the fact that the criminal action results in a death.
My words
It doesn't matter if he meant to cause one casualty or five hundred, he'd still be guilty of felony murder on all counts.Domestic Terrorism is a pale shadow of the actual terrorist threats this country faces. Even Timothy McVeigh had no intention of causing as many casualties as he did, it was a freak of structual design meeting an unusual blast effect that brought so much of the Murray building down. The blast wave raised the upper levels of the structure kicked out supports then slammed it back down. McVeigh apparently didn't even know about the daycare center in the building.
Also despite being labeled a "Christian Terrorist" McVeigh was an Agnostic and a lapsed Catholic.
By "as many casualties as he did" I'd have assumed you'd recognize that I'd meant he was targeting the federal agents and possibly federal office employees rather than just whoever happened to be visiting that day, or their children.
According to the earliest information indicating that McVeigh had admitted any guilt, he had told a cellmate that he did not know of the presence of the Daycare center. I was a bit suprized that they would have a daycare center in a Federal Building, I doubt it was common knowledge.McVeigh didn't know about the daycare center - so he didn't intend to kill any kids
You contradict your claim about my meaning..
McVeigh didn't intend to kill as many people as he killed - the "extra" deaths were really due to the building's structural defects.
If, as you claim, McVeigh did not intend to kill anyone,
You mistake a suspicion and a speculation for a claim of fact.
My words.
I've suspected that he'd intended to phone in a warning or let the bomb be discovered and the building evacuated, but it went off too soon for some reason. Thats just my speculation, based on available evidence.
Had the Murray building not collapsed due to a now recognized design flaw the casualties would have been only a fraction of what they were.
I suggest you look up the studies on this building collapse.