Comment on Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect

• Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a case to be made for criminal negligence resulting in loss of life.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes but those were poor people. So it doesn’t count.

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  • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, maybe, but did you forget that he’s rich?

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a textbook case of what could trigger the depraved heart homicide rule.

    The idea is that, in the case of someone knowingly and intentionally doing or allowing something extremely likely to cause serious injury or death, the “depraved indifference” to human life can be treated as intent to kill and elevate a negligent manslaughter charge to murder.

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    • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do we have probability numbers yet for likelihood of accident? And if so, would that satisfy “extremely likely?” The letter of the law can be fickle.

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      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        When you have millions of units on the road, a one in a billion chance of the error killing someone on a drive is pretty much a guarantee.

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