Dante
I have always been here
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trueThere is nothing about his motives that could possibly justify his act
but we have no idea what his true motives are/were
There is nothing about his motives that could possibly justify his act and should have no bearing on prosecution and punishment. I do not see this becoming another OJ style jury nullification verdict without regard to whether he did the deed.
Charlie Kirk was part of society, so yes, the shooter was a danger to society. I will admit, he wasn't like the trump shooter, not only endanger his specific target in his demented attack, but killing and injuring others. But, there is no telling, who in society might be the next target or who, the next shooter. I have no problem whatsoever, with punishing a vicious criminal, blight on society, for their deeds done, knowing it will not prevent other atrocities. But it will punish the shooter for his atrocity, hence the reason the law was written. If found guilty of the act, the shooter should receive the maximum penalty punishment, simply as his personal punishment for the personal crime committed.
We have zero evidence the young man is/was a danger to society. We do know (if he is indeed the shooter) that he had a "wonderful" opportunity to engage in a seriously newsworthy mass shooting. He chose not to, or he was no danger to anybody else in that crowd.

