Comment on Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 months agoa crime
Any crime? What crime are you talking about?
Comment on Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 months agoa crime
Any crime? What crime are you talking about?
Uniquitous@lemmy.one 11 months ago
There’s a case to be made for criminal negligence resulting in loss of life.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes but those were poor people. So it doesn’t count.
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well, maybe, but did you forget that he’s rich?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 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.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 11 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.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 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.