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How do you intend to "prove" in a court of law, on a murder charge (which of course has a high degree of proof required), that a child in a room with 30 kids, i
by patrickg_zill 13y ago
How do you intend to "prove" in a court of law, on a murder charge (which of course has a high degree of proof required), that a child in a room with 30 kids, in a school with say 600, that traveled on a bus with 60+ other kids, only had contact with exactly 1 kid?
Given that you cannot necessarily determine the exact day of exposure in many cases, and that the kid who gets sick could have gone to e.g. McDonald's (exposure to another 100-200 visitors during busy times) or the mall (how many 1000s)... what sane person could be convinced?
- Crito 13y agoThat is a problem for the lawyers and any expert witnesses they can find to solve. If such a thing cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt (if we are talking criminal charges) or beyond a preponderance of the evidence (if we are just talking about a lawsuit), then the case would not go through. If it could be proven, then such cases should be permitted. We are actually quite good at tracing infections back to their source, but that is not my specialty.