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Is this murder or not?
By: Gaffer Date: May 18, 2015, 10:39 pm
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If you shoot someone and he dies, that would be murder or
manslaughter. If you shoot someone and he doesn't die, that
would be attempted murder or manslaughter.
But what is it if you shoot someone who doesn't believe in blood
transfusions? He could have lived if he got a blood transfusion
but refused. This happened recently in California according
to Raw Story
HTML http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/fresno-man-facing-murder-charge-after-shooting-a-jehovahs-witness-who-refused-blood-transfusion/:
A Fresno man is facing murder charges in court this week for the
shooting death of a Jehovah’s Witness who later died after
refusing a blood transfusion.
According to The Fresno Bee, David Quevedo, 26, has been charged
with the murder of 36-year-old Omar Silva despite the attorney
for Quevedo contention that Silva’s religious beliefs may have
cost him his life.
What is not in dispute is that Quevedo shot Silva multiple times
on Feb. 3, 2013, following an altercation in the street after an
angry Quevedo was kicked out of a party because his favorite
team — the San Francisco 49ers — lost to the Baltimore Ravens in
the Super Bowl.
According to police, Quevedo and Silva argued over over gang
membership with Quevedo returning later in the evening to shoot
Silva through the security door at his home.
Silva reportedly told a Fresno police officer “Jehovah, Jehovah,
I’m dying, I’m dying,” as he was taken to a hospital where he
died during surgery after refusing a blood transfusion because
he was a Jehovah’s Witness.
It is the belief of many Jehovah’s Witnesses that it is against
God’s will to have a blood transfusion.
According to defense attorney Antonio Alvarez, Quevedo should
not have been charged with murder because Silva refused a
transfusion that could have saved his life.
Prosecutor Gabriel Brickey disagrees and will call Fresno County
pathologist Michael Chambliss to testify that, even if Silva had
received the transfusion, he would have died because one bullet
hit a a major vein.
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