New answers tagged murder
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Legality of mercy killing
england-and-wales
In the scenario, on the face of it Man B is guilty of murdering Man A. Man B intended to kill Man A and did kill Man A. The reasonable force defences seem inapplicable: self-defence, ...
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Legality of mercy killing
brazil
Man B would be committing homicide under Brazilian criminal law, although he can have their sentence reduced by between one sixth and one third if the court rules that there was "relevant ...
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Legality of mercy killing
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new-south-wales
The first major problem with the accused position is that all the elements of murder is not in dispute - they killed the victim and they intended to kill the victim. The second is ...
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Legality of mercy killing
Currently it's Illegal in germany
The paragraphs on killing someone are StGB §211, 212, 213, and 216. None of them leave a gap to allow active euthanasia or mercy killing under any conditions, and it ...
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Legality of mercy killing
canada
Outside of the very specialized legislated regime for medical assistance in dying, a person cannot consent to being killed, and any such purported consent does not relieve the other party from ...
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What did it mean to be “declared infamous”?
Infamy was a declaration that generally stripped a person of his legal status. This could include a loss of rights to contract, to testify in court, to vote, to serve in the military, to speak in ...
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