because, you can't charge them for same crime twice! once your found not guilty of a higher crime, the prosecution can charge for a lesser crime if they have the evidence to convict you. Even if someone comes up with convincing evidence of 2nd degree murder after the court finds someone not guilty the evidence no longer matters for that crime. In todays world losing a civil suit of wrongful death ruins someone's life a lot more then a man slaughter charge.
say for instance your rob someone, threaten them and kill them in any other state, you get charged for 1st degree murder, In LA you get charged for robbery, assault, and 1st degree murder. we have civil law here, where you get charged for the highest crime you committed and all lesser crimes you commited at the same time, other states you have common law, where you just get charged for the highest crime you commit and then they hope it sticks, if it doesn't you get charged with the lesser crimes after the trial ends.
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