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Originally Posted by mikhail  Say a man gets out his car at the top of a hill he forgets about the handbrake it rolls down and hits someones fence What should his punishment be?
but what if the car hit and killed a child does this mean he should recieve a harsher punishment?
It seems the mens rea and actus reus (from the actual act) are the same in both but it also seems likely people would call out for a much harder punishments this seems to happen in many different examples for example a drug dealer caught selling and an indenticle drug dealer who sells something someone ODs on. |
There is a difference between criminal and civil, but you are responsible for the consequences of the wrongdoing. If you negligently forgot to put on the brake and the car just rolls downhill and stops, you have caused no harm. You're lucky. Do the same thing and cause harm and you are responsible for it.