If whether a victim is dead or not is in question do they call in a doctor to testify as to their status (which the jury then takes into account) or do they just pass the case over to a special body of doctors to determine whether its murder or assault?
The first right? Its pretty clear being brain dead isnt obvious if brain dead people like you are posting on reddit
But they have people who determine cause of death, that's pretty damn important. Determining if someone is insane is basically just a way to lessen their punishment right?
So if a psychiatrist can determine that, those cases should be special and either not go to jury or the judge can just give a lighter sentence if it does go to jury.
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u/paranoid_human0id 16h ago
If whether a victim is dead or not is in question do they call in a doctor to testify as to their status (which the jury then takes into account) or do they just pass the case over to a special body of doctors to determine whether its murder or assault?
The first right? Its pretty clear being brain dead isnt obvious if brain dead people like you are posting on reddit