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You definitely can. If you catch me poisoning your water and the water has been poisoned I will most certainly be charged with attempt to commit manslaughter. I
by Pyramus 5y ago
You definitely can. If you catch me poisoning your water and the water has been poisoned I will most certainly be charged with attempt to commit manslaughter. I wouldn't even need to actually have poisoned the water.
- beerandt 5y agoWhich is criminal- and codified via legislation. You can not, however, file a civil wrongful death case, or similar, until the person is actually injured/killed. Common law courts of equity require the damages/injury (for which you sue to seek equity) to be real and committed, not hypothetical or likely.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoAttempted crimes aren't the most theoretically coherent part of the law. But they're better than you're making them out to be; you can't be guilty of "attempt to commit manslaughter" by virtue of your negligence.