Advocates urge murder prosecution charges against Big Oil for heat wave deaths
Advocates urge murder prosecution charges against Big Oil for heat wave deaths
400 people died in an Arizona heat wave last summer. The nonprofit Public Citizen says this constitutes murder
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Never happening, but even if it was wouldn't the correct charge be criminal negligence? It's not like the companies killed those people in a calculated, pre-meditated way. They're "just" externalities.
Isn't this what manslaughter is for, if you want the conviction ? I get why mens rea may not apply here, but bringing it into question may make it viable next time, which would be worthy (or likely I don't understand law well enough).
I'm not a lawyer, first of all! I'm not very knowledgeable either.
Mens rea, as far as I understand it, definitely doesn't apply here. Bringing it into question undermines the case if you're trying to build a conviction around it. Better to have a wide variety of provable smaller claims than one big ticket item you're doomed to fail, as far as I understand it.
Wasn't saying it applies, just that it's required for murder (1st degree anyway) as the headline spoke. You're probably righter than me, though.
Hyperbole undermines credibility