Law Students: A Primer on How to Prove Criminal Negligence
Negligence is sometimes a criminal offense. In proving negligence, it does not matter if a person’s actions were unintentional, what matters is whether they caused harm to other people. When a person acts recklessly or overlooks apparent threats thereby jeopardizing the lives and safety of others; such a person is said to be criminally negligent. Some examples of criminal negligence include driving a car while drunk and killing someone in…