CCJS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vehicular Homicide, Malice Aforethought, Ant-Zen
23 Dec 2016
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Reasonable person should know harm can result from their acts ii. Scenario: tomorrow driving to school, light flashing 15 mph zone, late for class, but high school closed, so you speed, catholic schools open, run over a child, you did not know he would be there. Criminal side- proof beyond a reasonable doubt. People should know what the law is and its consequences. Drunk driving laws: md weak af, ranked 45th out of the 50 states on drunk driving laws ii. Fought for second degree murder charge but in md not going to happen. Murder vs. manslaughter: murder: killing another human with malice aforethought, most egregious crime historically. Often the penalty was losing their life = stems from religious writing ii. Can"t be fixed once committed (what is done is done) Justifiable killings: killings in self defense, government"s use of capital punishment: killing as a result of sanction.
