Re:Comparison of British, American and French Systems of Jus...
by gbuk2013 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @05:16AM
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At least in the UK, "murder" requires a proven intention to kill. Your example of a punch killing a person would fall under "manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act" but not murder.
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Re:Comparison of British, American and French Systems of Jus...
by sandworm101 on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @09:27AM
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I disagree. Imho all you need is the intention to do harm.
Re:Comparison of British, American and French Systems of Jus...
by gbuk2013 on Friday June 03, 2016 @06:14AM
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Not just any harm will do - it has to be GBH[1] and it has to be a "virtually certain" result of the action.[2]
IMHO your example of a punch would not pass this test.
[1] http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/h_to_k/homicide_murder_and_mansl...
[2] http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/ldjudgmt/j...