HeyBub wrote:
krw wrote:
Jack Stein wrote:

It was no more an "accident" than if he had pointed a gun at her
and shot her.

Wow! An accident is any event that happens unexpectedly, without a
deliberate plan or cause. Had he pointed a gun at her head, and
shot her, it would not likely be an accident.

You are absolutely *wrong*.

I am absolutely **right**, according to the dictionary. Your problem
with the term "accident" should be addressed to someone else, I can't
help you.

You two are talking past each other.

The word "accident" does not appear in the Massachusetts penal code.

But it does appear in the dictionary. What happened was an accident,
doesn't matter if he was drunk, sober, or getting head. This was NOT
the same as pointing a loaded gun at someones head and deliberately
shooting them. That would NOT be an accident.

The common meaning of "accident" has no traction, at all, in the criminal
justice system.

Assuming you are right, so what? I said it was an accident, he said it
wasn't an accident. The dictionary backs me up, including the legal
dictionary.

An act may be an "accident" is the normal sense and it may
or may not be a crime.

You are talking right at me, and right past krw!

You simply cannot make a legal claim based on whether something was an
"accident."

I wouldn't know, don't really care as far as Kennedy and his accident is
concerned. I guess it is possible she was pregnant with his kid, and
Kennedy actually killed her on purpose, thus, no accident occurred, just
a murder, but I doubt that very much. Her family sued to prevent an
autopsy, and Kennedy paid the legal fees. Far as I'm concerned I'm
going with it was an accident, and he had no intention of killing her,
may even made a valiant effort to save her, although his general
character as a socialist ******* doesn't push me hard in that direction.

Past that, legal claims vary like the wind. For example, if I kick your
ass because your a black dude, thats a hate crime with more severe
penalties than if I kick your ass because you simply **** me off. The
supreme court at one time said blacks were not human, and I'd bet
kicking your ass because you were black at that time was treated
lightly. What the law might say, and what is right or wrong are not
always the same or in alignment with what I think, or sometimes what any
sane person thinks.

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