Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-15 16:53:40 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4C73498A3F804503C2497EFE178E6B3A524EED05004AF80A8C06BB1AB46D57C3
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Original Note:
In common parlance (e.g., in a tweet) the word "killing" can be synonymous with murder. But in legal parlance, killing does not equal murder. This tweet is misleading because it conflates killing with murder w/o acknowledging the legal distinction. https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murder https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1536-murder-definition-and-degrees#:~:text=1111%20and%201112.-,18%20U.S.C.,degree%20is%20punishable%20by%20death.
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