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DarthDem

(5,417 posts)
9. The charges are federal because . . .
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 08:55 AM
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. . . the federal government charged him with stalking the poor victims using email and GPS, instrumentalities involving interstate commerce, which creates federal jurisdiction. The remaining charges—including the murder charges–relate to the stalking crime and can therefore be brought in federal court as well.

Incidentally, Boelter has also been indicted on state charges. In such scenarios, the federal charges are usually handled first. But even if the federal case was to disappear—I'm not saying you implied it would, nor am I; I'm just clarifying a point—the state charges would move forward immediately.

I agree that the incident has been out of the news at the national level, to say the least, which is very sad.

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Status - indicted on 6 federal charges on July 15th, pled not guilty on Aug 7 (links) lostnfound Sunday #1
The charges are federal because . . . DarthDem Sunday #9
Thanks for the clear explanation. I guess Pam Bondi and Kash Patel... lostnfound Monday #31
You're welcome DarthDem Monday #33
Damn TheFarseer Sunday #2
It certainly appears that way. niyad Sunday #8
Would you be surprised if they were? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #17
Unlikely given how they work and our limited ability to control what the output will be EdmondDantes_ Sunday #18
I pretty Rebl2 Sunday #29
"I went to the shitty answer machine and it gave me a shitty answer." WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #3
You're missing my point, nt lostnfound Sunday #4
You both are correct wolfie001 Sunday #15
No, they were repeating your point muriel_volestrangler Monday #34
What was your question/prompt? I got an entirely different response from Google. sl8 Sunday #5
investigation boelter shooting lostnfound Sunday #16
Thanks. sl8 Sunday #21
Infowars-prepper-gun-guy anti-gay preacher doesn't fit the profile lostnfound Sunday #6
Thank you for this information. Disturbing, and one of the reasons I niyad Sunday #7
Agree DarthDem Sunday #10
Yep. And what a waste of time having to verify. paleotn Sunday #20
As important as better algorithms is what data they train on karynnj Sunday #27
True, lots of great uses. An apparent down side is some loss of professional skils? lostnfound Monday #30
Wish a good billionaire could fund a library initiative to make an expanding carefully-trained database for public use lostnfound Monday #32
Yeah, like it's somehow able to sift through all the internet BS and return reality. In many cases, no. paleotn Sunday #19
AI is the devil. Scrivener7 Sunday #11
AI only knows what its fed. And it's feeding on the garbage pile that is social media. paleotn Sunday #12
The national media always fades out on these rightwing hit stories viva la Sunday #13
Yes, it was mentioned in early articles and yes, it was Democrats targeted karynnj Sunday #28
Peter Thiel's greasy hands all over this wolfie001 Sunday #14
i engage with AI only minimally barbtries Sunday #22
We can tell there was no political agenda based on how the dude looks IronLionZion Sunday #23
This is what I got when I expanded the Google prompt Aviation Pro Sunday #24
Self delete to consider how I'm saying what I'm saying. But I think you are right. Hekate Sunday #25
More evidence that AI is crap. All it knows is what it sucks up from every cesspool on the internet. Ocelot II Sunday #26
I've seen some blatantly incorrect things from gen AI recently Renew Deal Monday #35
My favorite part of low-info AI hating is the unironic parroting of 'garbage in, garbage out' TheProle Monday #36
I've successfully used detailed prompts for plenty of deep structured answers. This OP was prompted by 2 concerns. lostnfound Monday #37
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