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The crime classification manual puts the threshold at three victims. Mass murder is concentrated in time, so this qualification does not apply, instead this is
by bmn__ 5y ago
The crime classification manual puts the threshold at three victims. Mass murder is concentrated in time, so this qualification does not apply, instead this is serial. Murder requires intent to kill, but the Sacklers only let the deaths recklessly happen, so this is manslaughter.
- kieselguhr_kid 5y agoI think there's a case that this is depraved-heart murder, at least in some states. And since this occurred in all 50 states, I'd contend there's a good case for serial murder in at least a few of them.