- 22 Jan 2006 21:01
#793561
While there is a huge grey area in which to consider it a crime, I have never grasped how theoretically in the [American] legal system one can be charged with CN.
An example:
Criminal Holds a gun to the head of party B
Criminal demands party B, kill party C
Using Free will (?) party B does indeed kill party C.
Now the conspicuous answer is that party B did not act within his/her means to prevent the death of party C, so that is Culpable Negligence (possibly), however party B cannot reasonably, in my opinion, be considered a party acting out of blatent disregard for the life another.
To remix the above the point:
Criminal holds a gun to the head of party B
Criminal says unless party B kills Party C, parties D-Z will be killed, but party B will live.
Party B refuses to kill party C, thereby leading to the death of D-Z
I would say the latter is closer, but still a stretch, imo.
An example:
Criminal Holds a gun to the head of party B
Criminal demands party B, kill party C
Using Free will (?) party B does indeed kill party C.
Now the conspicuous answer is that party B did not act within his/her means to prevent the death of party C, so that is Culpable Negligence (possibly), however party B cannot reasonably, in my opinion, be considered a party acting out of blatent disregard for the life another.
To remix the above the point:
Criminal holds a gun to the head of party B
Criminal says unless party B kills Party C, parties D-Z will be killed, but party B will live.
Party B refuses to kill party C, thereby leading to the death of D-Z
I would say the latter is closer, but still a stretch, imo.