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Futo Inu · July 22, 1999, 06:14 PM

I wonder if this author accidentally hit a pedestrian with his car, and was charged with murder, if he would consider it an "oddity of the murder laws" that the prosecutor would have to prove the mens rea (evil intent)?

July 22, 1999, 06:14 PM	#2
Futo Inu Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 1999 Location: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Posts: 3,624	I wonder if this author accidentally hit a pedestrian with his car, and was charged with murder, if he would consider it an "oddity of the murder laws" that the prosecutor would have to prove the mens rea (evil intent)?