Law Question

[elvenavari]

I'm writing a fanfic that has a little scene that involves the US court system.

The person in question committed the following crimes: beating and then killing a fellow student for being gay, stalking, beating with intent to kill another student for being gay, rape of the second student, and returning to actually kill the second student but not getting through with it.

I need to know what this character would be charged with and how long their sentence would be.

Currently I have: you are charged with three counts of assault, one count of homicide and one count of attempted murder. I hearby sentence you to life in prison with no opportunity for parole.

But... I want to make sure that's right.

So help?


EDIT:

I got my answer. A friend of mine's mom is going back to school to become a paralegal so she gave me the answer.

you are charged with three counts of assault, one count of homicide and one count of murder and attempted murder. I hereby sentence you to two life terms with no chance of parole.

Thanks everyone!

Comments

[storylandqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, good grief, there's a lot of possibly charges with that. Assault, hate crime, murder, attempted muder, harrassment, sexual assault, and possibly manslaughter. The sentence would depend on what degree the state would press for and on what charges they're convicted.