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asiliveandbreathe

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4. I call it depraved indifference...the POS in the WH -
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:39 PM
Jun 2018

A legal definition is explained as thus....

To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant's conduct must be 'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime.

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