JohnFrim wrote:
So what are the deceased and injured to be called now... simply dead or maimed?
What a crock! The men and women of the jury are not legal scholars, so their understanding of the term victim would be what is in the dictionary, not a law book. Allowing the prosecution to use the term victim would separate those 3 people from the rest of looters and rioters. You can be the victim of name calling, which is not a crime. That pompous judge should get off his high horse.
They are usually classified as either an assailant, a perpetrator or even an antagonist.