{"id":201,"date":"2012-10-17T23:15:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T03:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=201"},"modified":"2023-08-12T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:21:32","slug":"9-ricky-and-lucy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"9. Ricky and Lucy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 6: Mens Rea
Page 9: Situations<\/p>\n

Finally, meet Lucy: a single mother.<\/p>\n

Screaming baby, tired-looking mother.<\/em><\/p>\n

She’d rather just be single.<\/p>\n

Mother pressing hands to her temples in pain and frustration.<\/em><\/p>\n

So she poisons her little boy Ricky with pesticide, and he dies.<\/p>\n

Silhouette of mother with white eyes holding a can of pesticide, standing in fog, looking down on viewer<\/em><\/p>\n

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