The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 7: Axes of Evil
Page 4: Causation
Two men in mid-20th Century attire, one running and shooting a gun at the other, who is collapsing from being shot
Donald shoots Victor, trying to kill him, but only wounds him.
After Victor gets to the hospital, IT collapses in an earthquake, and Victor dies.
An arm poking out of the rubble
It’s true that, if Donald hadn’t shot him, Victor wouldn’t have been in the hospital to be killed.
And Donald did intend to kill him.
But how RESPONSIBLE is Donald for Victor’s death?
I got another great one, this was a case example made up by a speaker at a forensic conference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Opus
This one is a whirlwind of confusion.