The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 13: I Had No Choice!
Necessity pg 11: Oopsie!
Sadly, Dylan’s demolition didn’t do the trick. The blaze jumped the firebreak, and threatened to destroy the rest of the block.
Fire moving toward the line of houses. A nice car is at the end of the row.
Becky’s prized Bentley was trapped, out of gas, in the lot at the end of the block.
To save it from destruction, Becky razed the house at the end of the block.
Becky going “oopsie” while the house next to her car explodes, its owner reacting “gah!”
This time, the fireblock worked. The Bentley was saved!
Happy Becky: “Yay!”
And Becky was going to jail.
Sad Becky: “Aw.”
[SUGGGESTED EDIT: Say “firebreak” both times. Is “fireblock” even a word?]
