re: #13 KGxvi

Speaking as a lawyer: the law is typically written broadly so that it covers as many contingencies as possible. We have a few hundred years worth of precedent (some of it older than the US) and it often gets tweaked. Many times, it gets tweaked because something that should have been covered wasn’t covered. The area of intent is one of those areas that has seen the most consideration.

I think the assault was one area where specific intent should have been applied, especially in this case. The defendant was going after one specific target to the exclusion of all others and even when they were in a position to go after the other clerk they never turned towards them or went after them in any way. That’s what I have a hard time with.