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    In this novel a three year old boy dies because of manslaughter. A boy named Brady tried to save the life of ,three year old boy, Ben, but he later dies because of manslaughter from Brady’s best friends. Realistic fiction is a story that could really happen, the elements are elements that the story has to be considered realistic fiction. Red Kayak is an example of realistic fiction because of its believable dialogue,credible events, and true-to-life themes. One reason Red Kayak is…

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    because back then the law was not that fare to the lower classes, like the low thug like middle class, and the low class. Others, me, will argue that it was a bad idea to run because it would, be considered a degree of murder, most likely Voluntary Manslaughter, and if they got a fair trial then they could have at maximum 10 years in prison which would not be so bad because they are young, unless they got killed in prison then it…

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    Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. After seeing the traumatic death of his best friend, Mercutio, he ended Tybalt’s life with no mercy causing him to be exiled from Verona. Due to the obvious killing of Tybalt, Romeo Montague should be charged with Voluntary Manslaughter not only because of the heated moment provoking him but for not having the necessary amount of time to be ‘cooled off.’ Homicide is the killing of another person, which is…

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    Can Doug be convicted of murder or any lesser included offenses? State v Doug Homicide The killing of a human being by another. When Doug shot Tom with a gun and he died, there was a killing of a human being by another. Actual Cause The defendant’s acts must have been the actual cause of the victim’s death. “But for” the defendant’s actions, the victim would not have died as and when he did. “But for” Doug shooting Tom, Tom would not have been killed. Doug is the actual cause of Toms death…

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    that proof the contrasts between these wrongdoings. Your reaction should clarify references to the legitimate ideas and standards exhibited amid this unit. Crime is the murdering of a person by another individual. Contingent on conditions, a manslaughter might be considered murder. The assortment of state and national laws makes it hard to join particular definitions to words that speak to the various types of crime. What takes after is a general treatment of these terms. Murder: the…

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    or later, Loveridge also assaulted three other male victims: Matthew Serrao, Rhyse Saliba and Aden Gazi. All the victims that night are unknown to Loveridge when the assault occurred except David Nofoaluma. He has been charged with one charge of manslaughter, three charges of common assault, and one charge of assaults occasioning actual body…

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    be unlawful and lawful depends on the situation. Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. To start with not all homicides are crimes. Homicides include all killings of humans. Many homicides, such as murder and manslaughter, violate criminal laws. Others, are as a killing committed in justified self-defense, are not criminal. In 2014, I did some research and it said that the estimated number of murders in the nation was 14,249. This was a 0.5 percent decrease…

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    The definition of manslaughter is : A homicide committed without the intention to cause death, although there may have been an intention to cause harm. Johnny obviously was not intending to kill the Soc. He was just trying to free Pony. But this falls under the one of the two categories of manslaughter: Criminal negligence. Criminal negligence is when the homicide was the result of an act or a failure to act…

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    Simon, another boy living on the island, thinking it was something else. In a modern court of law, this would be charged as criminal-negligence involuntary manslaughter. While they did kill Simon, it wasn’t planned in any way. They had no intent of it originally. The death of Simon came from complete recklessness. This was involuntary manslaughter because the boys were affected by mob mentality, and Simon was extremely delirious. The boys weren’t thinking straight at all, and with them super…

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    is described in the following imagery, “The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on the hill,” (152 Golding). The quote contributes with the claim that the boys committed voluntary manslaughter since it describes a very agitated setting. Furthermore, the British boys cannot claim that the murder was self-defense. To plead self-defence, Simon had to be the one who made the first movie, but it was clearly not him, since the novel…

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