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  2. Recklessness (law) - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law and in the law of tort, recklessness may be defined as the state of mind where a person deliberately and unjustifiably pursues a course of action while consciously disregarding any risks flowing from such action. [a] Recklessness is less culpable than malice, but is more blameworthy than carelessness.

  3. Culpability - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, culpability, or being culpable, is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible for action and inaction. It has been noted that the word, culpability, "ordinarily has normative force, for in nonlegal English, a person is culpable only if he is justly to blame for his ...

  4. Criminal negligence - Wikipedia

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    To constitute a crime, there must be an actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") accompanied by the mens rea (see concurrence). Negligence shows the least level of culpability, intention being the most serious, and recklessness being of intermediate seriousness, overlapping with gross negligence. The distinction between recklessness and criminal ...

  5. Culpable and reckless conduct - Wikipedia

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    Culpable and reckless conduct has no specific definition but deals with culpable and reckless acts which cause injury to others or create the risk of injury, with no effort made to mitigate this risk by the accused. While injury may occur, this would not be deemed as assault, as assault cannot be committed in a reckless or negligent manner.

  6. Mens rea - Wikipedia

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    In criminal law, mens rea (/ ˈ m ɛ n z ˈ r eɪ ə /; Law Latin for "guilty mind" [1]) is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime. In common law jurisdictions, most crimes require proof both of mens rea and actus reus ("guilty act") before the defendant can be found guilty.

  7. Actus reus - Wikipedia

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    The terms actus reus and mens rea developed in English Law are derived from a principle stated by Edward Coke, namely, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, [1] which means: "an act does not make a person guilty unless (their) mind is also guilty"; hence, the general test of guilt is one that requires proof of fault, culpability or ...

  8. Opinion - Just because teenagers can become lawyers doesn’t ...

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    It is simply impossible for even the most book-smart 18-year-old to have acquired the life experience necessary for the competent practice of law. Opinion - Just because teenagers can become ...

  9. Criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Criminal law is the body of law ... whereas a killing effected by reckless acts lacking such a ... and the threshold of culpability required may be reduced or demoted