Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-19 21:29:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7ACC657B299CB6CB922C9025FB86AB74CEFE4B9963A8583725CB2A55A8B629F6
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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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