Re:Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged with Involuntary Manslaughte...
by hackinthebochs on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:46PM
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Why does every discussion concerning emotionally charged issues devolve into some version of this? Why can't it just be about offering arguments to clarify the landscape?
Re:Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged with Involuntary Manslaughte...
by torstenvl on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:16PM
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This isn't about an emotionally charged issue. The discussion is about the legal test for negligence. It is an objective standard: what a reasonable person would do. The specifics of the individual are irrelevant.
Re:Alec Baldwin Will Be Charged with Involuntary Manslaughte...
by hackinthebochs on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:30PM
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But what does a "reasonable person" standard say when it comes to specialist knowledge? Why would a reasonable person not expect that an armorer who is responsible for ensuring the proper state of the gun is sufficient "due caution and circumspection"?
I'm a Harvard-trained lawyer with over 15 years of criminal litigation experience, including in homicide. I have a former client right now serving a sentence for involuntary manslaughter (he was originally charged with murder).
You don't need to listen to me. I have neither the ability nor the desire to force you to listen to me. But I promise you I know what I'm talking about.