# The ex-slacker superhero just flat-out murdered a dude. Do you prosecute?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 14, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-slacker-superhero-just-flat-out-murdered-a-dude-do-you-prosecute/725168 "2015-07-14T19:52:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-slacker-superhero-just-flat-out-murdered-a-dude-do-you-prosecute/725168/41 "2015-07-16T05:17:04Z")

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And Jimmy wasn’t just Vinnie’s boss. He was the true threat (or claiming to be). Vinnie was only gonna kill Lynn because, unless, and if Jimmy gave the nod. It was Vinnie whom Bob needed dead for Lynn’s sake.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ex-slacker-superhero-just-flat-out-murdered-a-dude-do-you-prosecute/725168/42 "2015-07-16T08:30:59Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Bob does that, he is validating Jimmy’s belief that he, Bob, is not willing to kill him.
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> Now Jimmy is clearly an idiot who has based his plan on reading _Action Comics_ and homophobia rather than news reports, 'cause otherwise he’d know that [Bob let half of Tehran get gobbled by a dragon](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwinoYjz993GAhWD0YAKHcF2CRU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Farchive%2Findex.php%2Ft-730806.html&ei=U72mVeerGYOjgwTB7aWoAQ&usg=AFQjCNFuruNJ4yrhCziUWBBOSiZT8kk2Qg&sig2=D2Dk2uNWWyNLskVdmPPEGg) rather than risk letting his kid get shot. But that doesn’t mean he’s chickenshit enough to fall for an obvious bluff. I wouldn’t bet my kid’s life on it.

I think after falling for a mile, he’s not going to be rationally evaluating Bob’s morality, he’ll be too busy shitting his pants.

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