Police say “[t]he attack was random.”
At any given moment the world is generally a safe place. Horror isn’t always a fictional topic and the occasional dose of terror reminds us that there exists a bizarre and cumulative impact on the world from sadly unexpected behavior. A recent example from Long Island, New York, illustrates this point.
It’s Saturday night in Long Island, New York, and an 8 year-old boy is playing video games near his parents at Dave & Busters, a popular restaurant and arcade franchise. Suddenly 23 year-old Evan Sachs allegedly attacked the boy from behind, pulling out a three and a half inch knife and stabing him five times in the chest, puncturing his lung.
According to CNN Sachs is being held without bail and charged with second-degree attempted murder, first degree assault and possession of a deadly weapon. Frankly, it’s a mystery that Sachs is not being charged with first degree attempted murder.
For a quick primer on the difference between the two: second degree murder is “common law murder” which means the killing of a human being by another human being with malice aforethought. First degree murder requires an aggravating factor typically articulated by a specific intent to kill, i.e. premeditation and deliberation.
Related Resources:
- Murder: Second degree (FindLaw)
- Murder: First Degree (FindLaw)
- Stripper Kristina Hensley Faces Murder Charges (FindLaw’s Blotter)
- Classifications of Crimes (provided by Escobar, Ramirez & Associates)
- Criminal Defense Overview (provided by The Nahajski Firm)
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