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AdmiralAkbar1 t1_je95ly8 wrote

It largely depends on the circumstances of the original act. For instance, shooting someone under any circumstance is a very serious crime. Even if wasn't an immediately fatal injury, and it was totally by accident, there are still numerous charges that you would net: assault with a deadly weapon, criminal negligence, and so on. Some states even have laws on the books which allow cases that may not normally be considered murders to be treated as such—for example, the concept of "felony murder," where if you commit a felony that directly results in someone's death, even if you did not intend for it to happen, you could still be charged with murder.

Also, it depends on the circumstances of the death. It wasn't as if Brady had died in an unrelated incident that may have been exacerbated by his condition, he died as a direct result of the condition and the toll it had on its body. A more fitting analogy would be is if someone deliberately pushed you off a high ledge, you broke your spine, and you died 25 years later because of your paralysis.

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plaincoldtofu t1_je94uv8 wrote

A quick Internet search reveals that there were 10,305 athletes in the Tokyo Olympics. That’s roughly 15 condoms per athlete. The event lasted 17 days. That’s less than 1 sex per day of the Olympics per athlete. I guess that would end up being slightly more, assuming that the athletes would mainly be hooking up with each other and not other staff, volunteers, etc. Given these numbers, the condom distribution is on par with what many university health centers regularly distribute to incoming freshmen. From a public health perspective, it’s pretty reasonable.

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Aelok t1_je94riq wrote

I think in this case it's more of a distinction of the type of death, not assigning blame. OP posted some details that the shooter wasn't charged because at the time of the original shooting he successfully pleaded insanity to all charges, including the homicide death that resulted years later.

Still odd, never heard of something like this before.

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Tokenvoice t1_je93q1l wrote

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YdexKtesi t1_je93cp9 wrote

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doterobcn t1_je92b3f wrote

It makes no sense.
Suppose during a basketball game in high school, I got injured after someone pushed me, which resulted in a problem with my leg or knee, making me walk awkwardly. Twenty-five years later, I tripped and fell face-first on something that killed me, which was caused by my knee problem. Would the person who pushed me during the basketball game be held responsible for my injury and ultimately, my death?

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IAmTiborius OP t1_je91u4r wrote

The gunman, John Hinckley Jr., did not face charges for Brady's death because he had been found not guilty of the shooting by reason of insanity. In addition, since Brady's death occured more than 33 years after the shooting, the prosecution of Hinckley was barred under the year and a day law in effect in the District of Columbia at the time of the shooting. Hinckley was released from institutional psychiatric care on September 10, 2016

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