Exemplification Essay: Battery Or Involuntary Manslaughter?

I charge Lieutenant Kendrick and Colonel Nathan Jessep with battery and involuntary manslaughter.

Battery: Lieutenant Kendrick and Colonel Nathan Jessep, had the intent to assault Private First Class William Santiago. Both men agreed that William Santiago was unfit as a marine. A large part of this was due to the fact that Santiago advocated to be transferred out of R.S.C immediately; to the extent that he would tell authorities of the illegal fence-lining shooting in his unit in Cuba. As a result of the disrespect to the Code of the Marines and chain of command. Lieutenant Kendrick and Colonel Nathan Jessep came up with a plan. They deemed it fit that Santiago participate in “training”, with the hopes of becoming a “better Marine” he claims. However in my opinion both Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Lowden Downey were directed to assault Santiago with the hopes of stopping him from revealing the illegal activities going on in the base. The defendants illegally order a “code red”. Which consisted of stuffing a rag in Santiago’s mouth, duct tapping his mouth and then his legs. Moreover both eventually considered shaving his head. The attack was so bad, it eventually lead …show more content…
As noted earlier the defendants claimed that the order was carried out with the goal of training Santiago not to kill him. Therefore the defendants did not have malice intent. Going on the criminal act of manslaughter is the conduct that causes the victim’s death. As a result of the rag being forced in to the victim’s mouth, he died. Thus but for these actions again this was the direct legal cause of the harm. Equally, under these circumstances there was an extremely reckless disregard for the value of human life. A reasonable person would have known that using a gagging device on another person will tapping their mouth shut could possibly result in the death of that