# Causing Deaths in the Commission of a Crime

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743 "2009-10-22T16:11:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743/21 "2009-10-30T15:40:02Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Would a jaywalker and a drag racer get the same sentence? I’m guessing not. 😛

What if you were jaywalking _really fast_? 😃

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**Author:** ![storyguide3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@storyguide3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyguide3)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743/22 "2009-10-30T17:18:12Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Similarly, cases from England from thirty years ago, pre-dating the _Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms_, do not determine whether Canadian courts will find criminal liability. .

Additionally, from the English viewpoint, constructive malice was abolished in England and Wales by the [Homicide Act of 1957](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide_Act_1957), which also got rid of the death penalty.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743/23 "2009-10-30T17:32:57Z")

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> [@foolscap](#):
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> Felony jaywalking is an interesting concept, I wonder how its done??

I would assume the involvement of automatic weapons and/or child porn.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743/24 "2009-10-30T19:03:19Z")

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Why did the felon cross the street?

Tortious liability and constructive malice. See Foghorn Leghorn v. Col. Sanders, 398 U.S. 337 (1962).

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causing-deaths-in-the-commission-of-a-crime/514743/25 "2009-10-30T20:37:24Z")

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There was a case here in Arizona where authorities charged a guy leading them on a high-speed chase with murder since two newscopters following the car collided.

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