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> I'm with Ken "Popehat" White: what the gamer did here is homicide. We can argue about the degree. I disagree. I am not a US citizen but where I live there ar
by johnchristopher 9y ago
> I'm with Ken "Popehat" White: what the gamer did here is homicide. We can argue about the degree.
I disagree. I am not a US citizen but where I live there are two things to take into account before qualifying a crime: the consequences and the intent.
I am pretty sure US laws have something like that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention_(criminal_law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention_(criminal_law)
>> Depraved-heart murder is the form of murder that establishes that the willful doing of a dangerous and reckless act with wanton indifference to the consequences and perils involved, is just as blameworthy, and just as worthy of punishment, when the harmful result ensues, as is the express intent to kill itself.
So prosecutors will have to find out about the intent.
- travmatt 9y ago“”” The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), he/she is guilty of murder. The concept of felony murder originates in the rule of transferred intent, which is older than the limit of legal memory. In its original form, the malicious intent inherent in the commission of any crime, however trivial, was considered to apply to any consequences of that crime, however unintended. ””” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule
- johnchristopher 9y agoThanks ! Really interesting topic. It says almost all states (including Kansas) of america follow that rule and expand on how some CW nations don't. Law is fascinating.