HeyBub wrote:
Jack Stein wrote:
krw wrote:
The facts are it was an accident. No facts presented show Kennedy
killed the girl on purpose, so, it was simply an accident. Just like
the 16 year old that drove himself and 3 of his friends into a tree
and killed them all was probably an accident, not intentional, even
if he was speeding, high on grass, drunk, had a heart condition and
so on. He didn't mean to do it, so it was an accident.
Homicide is the killing of one human by the actions or inactions of another.
Classically, there are five kinds of homicide:
Murder - Intentional and premeditated
Manslaughter - Intentional and not premeditated
Negligent - Leaving a hole uncovered, drunk driving
Justifiable - Self defense, execution of a criminal or enemy in time of war,
etc.
Excusable - The rest
All five can be illustrated by considering the case of one hunter killing
another
I guess if you are a lawyer, you care. As a human, I call it an
accident. There are legal definitions of an accident, I'm sure, but as
a human, and not a lawyer, here is the one I am using:
ACCIDENT: an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs
unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss;
casualty; mishap: automobile accidents.
For all I know, an alien space ship may have picked up his car, ****ed
his brains out, ****ed mj's brains out, put the car back on the road,
but missed by a few feet, and dropped them in the water... by accident.
The lawyers will consider at least negligence on behalf of the aliens
for missing the target by a bit. I'll just call it an accident without
proof it was done on purpose, even if the alien was old, near sighted,
prone to vertigo, high on coke, or drunk...
Murder - The shooter went hunting with the intent to eventually kill his
fellow hunter.
Manslaughter - The two get into a heated argument over who shot the deer
Negligent - The bush moved and the shooter shot it
Justifiable - The victim shot at the shooter first
Excusable - The victim was dressed in a deer costume
The first three have criminal penalties, the last two do not.
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Jack
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