Back when I was in switzerland, a friend of mine jokingly asked if we threw a chocolate bar in front of a moving train and sombody that we didn’t like jumped after it and was killed, would it be considered murder?
If the chocolate bar derailed the train, then you would be in some trouble.
I am definately not a lawyer, but if you threw the chocolate bar in front of the train with the knowledge that the intended victim would (involuntarily?) go after it and knowing that this would result in the victim’s death it’s a pretty clear cut case of pre-meditated murder.
If you didn’t know the intended victim would go after the chocolate, then you probably have a case of manslaughter.
If we want to be serious about this, then unless the victim is diminished in his/her mental capacity or senses, then I don’t think one could rightly expect someone to retrieve a candy bar in the face of mortal danger. Therefore it would almost certainly be ruled accidental. If they are diminished, then it would probably be manslaughter or possibly murder, depending on the prosecutor. But IANAL either.
Extremely doubtful.
Maybe not Murder, but littering is a serious offence in Switzerland!
If all the spare change in my pocket can’t derail a train, how on earth could a chocolate bar?
The OP is just silly. Nobody is going to risk their life for a 50 cent (or even two dollar) chocolate bar. If they did, they’d win a Darwin Award. You might get a citation for littering, but that’s about it.
Now if the victim wasn’t sane and thought all chocolate bars were really precious, cuddly babies in disguise, and it could be proven that you knew of that delusion, they might have a case against you. Then again, most of my legal knowledge comes from old episodes of Law and Order, so I’m no expert.
couldn’t this be murder three? death resulting from the commission of a crime?
jb
Death resulting from LITTERING?
Could the arresting officers could state this with a straight face?
Yeah, you murdered a perfectly good piece of chocolate bar !#&!(!*