01:202:309 Lecture 7: Mens Rea
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He entered the basement and ripped the gas meter off the wall, he then did not turn off the gas line. The gas continued to seep into the house and the next door neighbor partially breathed in the air and got sick. He was charged with the crime of unlawfully and maliciously causing bodily harm by emitting a chemical gas: what does it mean to cause malice, maliciousness is any kind of wrong behavior according to this court. Stole some rum in the middle of the night and lit a match so he could see. Match lit the rum on re, which lit the ship on re, which caused the ship to go up in ames. !2: civil negligence is you deviate from a standard of care (fender bending a car while sneezing, criminal negligence is a gross deviation from a standard of care (rear ending someone because you"re texting)