Discuss the difficulty in determining the time of death
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A criminal homicide must be the proximate result of the criminal act, and cannot be so remote that it is not the natural and probable consequence of the criminal act. Other time limits that may be established by statute, and how some states have abolished a time limit altogether as long as a causal connection can be established between the criminal act and resulting death. Discuss how sometimes death occurs after the fatal injury, and in some cases, homicide prosecution under common law require that the death of the victim within a year and a day from the time that the ultimately fatal act took place. This term is referred to as the year-and-a-day rule. The rule is based on the belief that proof of causation becomes more difficult with the passage of time, which can result in potentially unjustified prosecutions and convictions.
You might also like to view...
Overall, evidence does not suggest that juries are either significantly more or significantly less likely than judges to acquit white collar crime defendants
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
_______________ is the tendency of groups that have been selected for study on the basis of extreme high or low scores to regress or move toward the average on second testing
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
TOC groups consist of ________ organized entities
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is NOT a goal of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act?
A) Protect human health and the environment from the hazards posed by waste disposal. B) Conserve ecosystems and any species that live in them that are endangered. C) Conserve energy and natural resources through waste recycling and recovery. D) Ensure that wastes are managed in a manner that protects human health and the environment