Criminal Code
What is The Canadian Criminal Code?
Killing another human being, whether directly or indirectly
What is homicide?
The victim is a law enforcement agent
What is a qualifying situation for first degree murder?
The killing of a newborn baby less than 1 year old by the mother
What is infanticide?
The person who causes death does so intentionally, by accident, or behaves recklessly
When is culpable homicide murder?
The responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame
What is culpability?
Causing the death of a human, directly or indirectly, by means of an unlawful act
What is manslaughter?
It must be proven that the mother is suffering from depression or a mental disturbance
What are the qualifications for infanticide?
With the rise of the Internet, cyber crimes have now been considered
What is an example of a recently added section to The Criminal Code?
Planned means a scheme that has been carefully considered and weighed; deliberate means not impulsive
What is the difference between planned and deliberate murder?
Can be any insult or action that would cause an ordinary person to lose self control
What is provocation?
If someone takes the final action to kill themselves; if another person takes the final action
What is the difference between assisted suicide and euthanasia?
The date the MAID laws came in to effect
What is March 2017
The cause of death
What is causation?
When a person is too drunk or high, and the person is unable to make sound choices
What is intoxication?
Having a serious and incurable illness, have irreversible decline in capability, and have enduring and intolerable pain
What is a criteria to be allowed to receive MAID?
Not criminal and occurs when death is caused by complete accident or in self-defence
What is a non-culpable homicide?
When death occurs while another crime is being committed
What is a situation that counts as first degree murder?
Life imprisonment
What is the minimum sentence for both first and second degree murger?
Disability rights groups often oppose legalizing assisted suicide because it could lead people with disabilities to be pressured into ending their lives
What is an argument against assisted suicide?