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In the scale of mental states in crime, negligence of any kind is several steps below knowing/intentional; you can't be liable for an intentional crime because
by dragonwriter 1mo ago
In the scale of mental states in crime, negligence of any kind is several steps below knowing/intentional; you can't be liable for an intentional crime because of mere negligence of any degree.
You could be liable for the (civil) tort of negligence, though.
- eru 1mo agoDetails depend. And setting up negligence and being willfully ignorant is often not something the courts see as a defense.