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fandomsecrets2014-01-16 07:03 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-01-16 07:03 pm
[ SECRET POST #2571 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2571 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Revenge]
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[Vatta's War - Trading in Danger]
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[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels]
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[Doctor Who]
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[Sherlock]
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[Mass Effect]
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[Sleepy Hollow]
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[Star Trek: The Next Generation]
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11. [tb2]
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12. [repeat]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 022 secrets from Secret Submission Post #367.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: why are drink drivers not charged with attempted manslaughter
(Anonymous) 2014-01-17 04:14 am (UTC)(link)There are other charges that careening down the pavement while drunk (and not hitting anyone) would certainly embody but manslaughter is literally "X is dead. You didn't intend to do it. And you didn't fly off the handle and murder X in a rage. But it happened, possibly due to your indifference to human life and safety."
So no. "Attempted" manslaughter is not a thing. It's an action-related offense (although intent may compute into the 'level' beneath the heading of manslaughter) and you either did it or you didn't.
"Attempted murder" - first (you plotted out the murder or cooled down, had a chance to stop, and didn't) or second (emotional) - is a thing because that's a crime that relies on intent + actions taken in support of that intent to be charged. If they can't prove one of those two elements, you get bumped down to the charge beneath that.