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Is this murder or not? |
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By: Gaffer Date: May 18, 2015, 10:39 pm |
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If you shoot someone and he dies, that would be murder or |
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manslaughter. If you shoot someone and he doesn't die, that |
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would be attempted murder or manslaughter. |
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But what is it if you shoot someone who doesn't believe in blood |
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transfusions? He could have lived if he got a blood transfusion |
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but refused. This happened recently in California according |
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to Raw Story |
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/fresno-man-facing-murder-charge-after-shooting-… |
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A Fresno man is facing murder charges in court this week for the |
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shooting death of a Jehovah�s Witness who later died after |
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refusing a blood transfusion. |
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According to The Fresno Bee, David Quevedo, 26, has been charged |
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with the murder of 36-year-old Omar Silva despite the attorney |
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for Quevedo contention that Silva�s religious beliefs may have |
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cost him his life. |
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What is not in dispute is that Quevedo shot Silva multiple times |
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on Feb. 3, 2013, following an altercation in the street after an |
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angry Quevedo was kicked out of a party because his favorite |
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team � the San Francisco 49ers � lost to the Baltimore Ravens in |
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the Super Bowl. |
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According to police, Quevedo and Silva argued over over gang |
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membership with Quevedo returning later in the evening to shoot |
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Silva through the security door at his home. |
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Silva reportedly told a Fresno police officer �Jehovah, Jehovah, |
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I�m dying, I�m dying,� as he was taken to a hospital where he |
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died during surgery after refusing a blood transfusion because |
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he was a Jehovah�s Witness. |
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It is the belief of many Jehovah�s Witnesses that it is against |
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God�s will to have a blood transfusion. |
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According to defense attorney Antonio Alvarez, Quevedo should |
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not have been charged with murder because Silva refused a |
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transfusion that could have saved his life. |
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Prosecutor Gabriel Brickey disagrees and will call Fresno County |
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pathologist Michael Chambliss to testify that, even if Silva had |
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received the transfusion, he would have died because one bullet |
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hit a a major vein. |
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