Posted on 06/16/2017 9:33:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
It would be legally termed depraved indifference here in NC.
Yikes. What a bitch. Evil bitch. Still not a crime to egg on a moron to act moronic.
“A then calls B, and tells B exactly what he tried to do. B tells A to try to clear the jam. A then clears the jam, and he shoots himself.
Is Person B guilty of manslaughter?”
It is not a crime to instruct someone on proper gun handling and mechanics. Should gun ranges and instructors be liable for the crimes committed by those attending those classes? After all, gun’ primary purpose is to kill. The responsibility lies solely with the operator. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY for your own life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment. She is prohibited from leaving the state of Massachusetts while awaiting sentencing.
She is guilty of being an evil witch, but that is not a crime.
She was a jerk. She was a contributing factor in his suicide. But, words are just words.
I doubt she is going to spend much time in prison—if at all.
Give her five years in the can and a further ten year sentence working for facebook...
It’s still not a crime.
I think the verdict fits. She did nothing to help try and save the guy. I don’t think she was convicted because she told him to do it ... I think it’s more of the fact that see sat idly by while texting and listening when she should have been alerting someone to stop the guy. That’s cold.
> It is not a crime to instruct someone on proper gun handling and mechanics. <
Ah, yes. But note that in my hypothetical Person A told Person B that he (Person A) had already tried to kill himself, but the gun jammed.
I’d be uncomfortable being on a jury in my hypothetical, or in the real case. The “victim” in each case obviously played a large part in his own demise. But he did get help, deliberate help.
I’m surprised they found her guilty.
You could go to jail for life for conspiracy to commit murder from words.
“Ah, yes. But note that in my hypothetical Person A told Person B that he (Person A) had already tried to kill himself, but the gun jammed.”
It is not Person B’s duty or responsibility to ensure what Person A does with his 2nd-Amendment-Guaranteed-Constitutional-Right-to-Carry-a-Firearm. Help (or not) and move on.
Having said that, in your hypothetical scenario, Person B is physically present in assisting Person A clear the jam. And soon to be in the scene of the crime. Basically, Person B is present in the scene of the crime becoming accessory to the crime.
It’s fair to say that she does not have a future in social work or taking calls on a suicide prevention line.
She was convicted of manslaughter, not murder. Sounds about right.
I wonder how these two geniuses would have voted.
“It’s fair to say that she does not have a future in social work or taking calls on a suicide prevention line.”
She will lower the number of suicidal people.
Must be something about Kmart.
That sounds like a Bill Cosby routine.
I will take that as a compliment?
Yes.
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