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Four gorgeous co-eds dead.

Why?

According to prosecutors, because Frasier bomb.

mowed them down, mowed them down on the side of the road.

Now, Baum pled not guilty to four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of vehicular homicide with gross negligence.

Now, the lawyers are also arguing that it's all the state's fault.

But in the last days, a major defeat for the state, for the crime victims.

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Many people call drunk driving or vehicular homicides an accident.

It is no accident.

It is a willing decision to drink, order the next drink and the next and the next, then get your keys, walk to your car, turn the ignition, reverse, drive, and go out onto the highway.

Those are multiple decisions made with intent, and that is what is required under the law for an intentional murder.

Intent.

As all of you legal eagles know, intent to commit a crime can be formed in the blink of an eye, a twinkling of a moment.

As I always tell juries, in the time it takes to raise a gun and pull the trigger, don't