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redox99 • yesterday at 7:57 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

I'm not sure if you're expressing how you'd like US law to work, or how it actually works. Because in reality intent matters enormously. Like felony charges and people in jail vs civil lawsuits.


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girvo • yesterday at 10:00 AM

Intent doesn’t factor that strongly into negligence, though, which is what they were explicitly talking about. Though it may depend on your jurisdiction.

ipython • yesterday at 11:41 AM

doesn't the reasoning trace provide "intent"?

cyanydeez • yesterday at 10:21 AM

negligence is the word you're looking for. US law has a lot of negligence crimes.

But they're not even talking about that, either.