re: Amateur soccer players is sentenced to 8-15 years in death of referee

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what about someone driving while on the cell phone and wrecks and kills someone? Or someone messing with the radio and wrecks and kills someone?

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Those things aren't a crime. (Unless in a state where it is illegal to be on the phone and drive.)

Assault is a crime. The intent was not murder, but the intent of assault was there. Deal with the conequences. 8 years for a crime resulting in death is more than a fair sentence.