re: Lawyer: Racism key in Mississippi hot car death

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A white woman a few weeks prior wasn't charged with anything. They hit this dude with 2nd degree murder

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I get the story, I just don't agree with the way the attorney is phrasing his story in the media.

ETA: 2nd degree murder seems a bit much if it was a negligent death of some sort. I'm not sure what the criminal code reads in MS, but a "murder" charge for the death of a child due to negligence seems over the top unless there are more details that lead them to think it was intentional in some way.

This quote by the attorney is a bit insensitive as well:

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"It's a miscarriage of justice for him to be sitting in jail," he said.

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