Investigators arrest 31-year-old man identified as Charles Medina in connection with death of Rapp who was 26

From the article - “The agency said Rapp and a fellow bicyclist were riding on a local road when Medina passed them in his car, stopped, and drove his vehicle in reverse. Medina then hit Rapp, and she was pronounced dead after emergency responders brought her to a hospital.”

  • podian@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Even a legally “insane” defendant would most often be found to have met the “knowing” criteria; the bar is that of foresight or knowledge (including constructed knowledge in some jurisdictions) of “merely” physical harm that is likely to cause grievous injury or death. No metaphysics required.

    For example, acting to cause the stoppage of breath (that “happened” to result in death) is an automatic pass for murder in many common law countries.