Ah, I missed that minimum, thank you. Perhaps murder is murder was a bit exaggerated, but my primary point that the traits of the victims don’t really matter, and shouldn’t really matter, still stands.
I think what’s happening, incidentally, is a cultural thing. You are part of a particular culture, and so you and ideas you spend a lot of time around have a certain view. I don’t think it is as broad as you think, though, where the “vast majority” agrees with you.
Being interested in a technical understanding, I’m intentionally ignoring any cultural influences I was raised with (like, “women and children first!”, stuff like that), because I am worried they are ultimately inaccurate, and may introduce bias into how I am thinking about it. This is why Occam’s Razor does not matter to me, it is a guideline and nothing more. I want to be technically, precisely correct, as much as I can manage. A guideline is no good for that.
That said, I am curious if the more detailed paper changes my understanding any. The law is an interesting subject for me.