Volconvo Debate Forums - View Single Post

tinybear · Nov 1, 2007, 01:40 pm

Quote by: ruksak
Heres what troubles me with cases like this. In most crimes, pretty much ANY crime I can think of, the defendant made a decision that led up to the crime.

What decision did she make?

In crimes of negligence, you don't intend the consequence to occur. so there's no question of you making a conscious decision to bring about that consequence. So in the present case, the mother did not intend or decide that her child should die, but nonetheless, because of her extreme carelessness (i.e. gross negligence), the child died.

Nov 1, 2007, 01:40 pm	#24 (permalink) (top)
tinybear Volcanic Erupter Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,339	Quote by: ruksak Heres what troubles me with cases like this. In most crimes, pretty much ANY crime I can think of, the defendant made a decision that led up to the crime. What decision did she make? In crimes of negligence, you don't intend the consequence to occur. so there's no question of you making a conscious decision to bring about that consequence. So in the present case, the mother did not intend or decide that her child should die, but nonetheless, because of her extreme carelessness (i.e. gross negligence), the child died. Last edited by tinybear; Nov 1, 2007 at 02:09 pm.