# Pitting Steophan **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678 "2017-09-06T22:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 249
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678/249 "2021-12-03T01:15:46Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > So cite them then. Since you seem oddly unable to remember what you posted a short while ago… > [@Arbery Shooting in Georgia and Citizen's Arrest \[& similar shootings\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arbery-shooting-in-georgia-and-citizens-arrest-similar-shootings/853815/482): > > We’ve discussed all this before. Many people can be legitimately described as murderers even if they weren’t ultimately convicted (for example – KKK murderers who weren’t prosecuted or who were “exonerated” by a white supremacist judicial system in the early and mid 20th US). “Murderer” is not only a legal term, it’s also used outside of purely legal contexts. As for the specifics of the Zimmerman case, that’s been done to death in other threads (and would be a hijack here), and the two of ou… I even just got a warning from Discourse that you’d already posted the link. One of the delights of the internet is that anyone can go back to the thread and see the context, it’s included in the link. So there we have it, again. Third time in this thread. Now that’s dealt with, answer the question. Do you think they’re murderers? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678)._