What hardline do you think I made?
Punches can kill someone. When they do, especially if the punch was unprovoked, I believe that it should be punished appropriately, regardless of whether or not the puncher was dumb enough not to realize the punch could kill.
Think I had you and computer confused since I initially quoted him then.
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Its just that generally speaking a single punch is not and will not be considered a deadly assault (by itself) unless they're coming from a trained or substantially strong individual. Punches are not thrown with the intent to kill - nor are they thrown to cause what many would consider to be significant bodily harm (because that's subjective and ...yeah, it takes convincing when there isn't anything larger than a black eye).
I just feel a second degree murder charge here would be the same as slapping the kid on the wrist. There's no way he'd get convicted for it. Aggravated assault, manslaughter, etc though? Sure.