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Not really. They've turned into just another AP regurgitator. Take a look at their bylines sometime--the vast majority of their news stories come from the AP, not their own reporting.Very unlike Fox.
Police now think the "high-powered rifle" shot came from a group of apartments across a gully from the house inside where the victims were.
If it was .223 or 7.62x.39 they will jump to assault weapons conclusions.
First, don't be so quick to blame the journalist. On holidays the only working journalists are the ones with the least seniority (just graduated and only too happy to be working) or the ones they can't do without (usually an editor or two that have no family in the area and have so much seniority they can't get in trouble and were lucky to find their desk after the holiday party).
Journalists typically have no idea what the difference is between a hand gun and rifle. They are, after all,educated in liberal arts institutions.
The new year was only a few minutes old Tuesday when a bullet - possibly fired by a reveler - tore into a West Denver home and killed two people at a family gathering, one of them an 11-year-old girl.
Police later arrested Pedro Cortez, 25, of Denver, on two counts of first-degree murder.
The bullet, fired from a high-powered rifle perhaps 300 yards away, pierced the front wall of the home at 4708 W. 11th Ave. between the front door and a window, hit a woman in the head, killing her instantly, and then cut down the child.
Police later arrested Pedro Cortez, 25, of Denver, on two counts of first-degree murder.
Cortez, who is father to a 9-month-old, has been in trouble with the law before.
In 1999, he and four others were arrested in Denver on aggravated robbery and felony menacing charges. Cortez, 17 at the time, pleaded guilty to the charges and received a 10-year suspended sentence in 2000.
Cortez was later interviewed by detectives with his parents present and said they had planned to rob the "white dudes."
and how is stupidity now pre-meditated murder?
10-year suspended sentence in 2000.
10-20-Life
* Mandates a minimum 10 year prison term for certain felonies, or attempted felonies in which the offender possesses a firearm or destructive device
* Mandates a minimum 20 year prison term when the firearm is discharged
* Mandates a minimum 25 years to LIFE if someone is injured or killed
* Mandates a minimum 3 year prison term for possession of a firearm by a felon
* Mandates that the minimum prison term is to be served consecutively to any other term of imprisonment imposed
lacoochee said:I wondered about that as well, I thought this would qualify as 2nd degree murder based on the initial report.and how is stupidity now pre-meditated murder?
After reading the article I linked above though, I think there is way more too this story, given that the people at the party weren't some random group but instead his family.
Probably via the felony murder rule.and how is stupidity now pre-meditated murder?