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does lack of intent waive responsibility for criminal negligence?
by swyx 4y ago
does lack of intent waive responsibility for criminal negligence?
- artificial 4y agoDepending on how connected you are.
- rootusrootus 4y agoElizabeth Holmes was pretty well connected. She heads off to jail in April. Also, contrary to popular claims made here and everwhere else, the prison she's going to does in fact seem to have fences. With razorwire even.
- bobthepanda 4y agothere are different charges for intentional vs non-intentional crime, with usually more lenient sentencing for non-intentional crime, so the distinction does matter
- jklein11 4y agoThe legal definition of fraud requires intent
- rootusrootus 4y agoIf you take the feds at their word, they seem to consider 'reckless disregard for the truth' as a stand-in for intent.