CRM 2300 Lecture 15: Lecture 15 (AM2).doc
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If you are following liberal principles, they would have to acquit him, but the court has a hard time putting this off because he was doing something bad, and they charge him anyways even though it goes against the liberal principles: results oriented judicial decision making common law, distinguish on the facts, precedent, discursive, made sense to let other people off, but not this guy, criminal negligence, below recklessness on the chart, quasi offences provincial offences where the penalties are a lot less like tickets for speeding, absolute end of the scale, they are still criminal matters, but they are less blameworthy, area in the middle of the chart is tough for the courts because it is serious but the word negligence makes it less blameworthy, sc 234 manslaughter, not as serious as first or second degree murder, but someone died, manslaughter is an indictable offence and imprisonment for life, but that is a maximum.