What about when you are out hunting, miss the target and hit a hunter on the next hill? Laws are so intricate because there are so many variables in the real world.....
What about when you are out hunting, miss the target and hit a hunter on the next hill? Laws are so intricate because there are so many variables in the real world.....
Now take my previous example and place the hunter in close proximity to a housing development. Shot hits a mom going out to her car. Still "accidental", but "reckless"....all are "homicide". Add intent and you get murder (in association with things like kidnapping, rape, serial killing, its a Capital offense). Add other variables and you get manslaughter. No other variables, plain accidental.
What do you believe is currently going on in our justice system that is otherwise?
Well, I guess you are making a moral vs. "legal" argument there, which is fine. As murder is the "intentional and unlawfull" taking of life, and Capital Punishment is "lawfull" per se. It isnt "murder" by the legal definition....