[Rurudyne]

Every one of those shits needs to be charged! Surely something applies?

[apillar]

Every one of those shits needs to be charged! Surely something applies?

According to the story there does not appear to be anything they could charge them under:

Police said the teens were identified and questioned by detectives, but it's unlikely they will face charges, since they were not directly involved in Dunn's death.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

They need to be meted out the same as they witnessed with people laughing at them.

No other words.

[StormEye]

"Every one of those shits needs to be charged!
Surely something applies?"

They could always claim they don't know how to swim or whatever.
I agree, there must be something.

[humblegunner]

This is what happens when people excerpt their own blogs.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Every one of those shits needs to be charged! Surely something applies?

Unfortunately, no. It's not a crime to fail to come to someone's aid (unless you threw him in).

[SandRat]

Negligent homicide??????

[NYAmerican]

“Every one of those shits needs to be charged! Surely something applies?”

You apparently think it is 1960.......

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Depraved-heart murder

In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is an action where a defendant acts with a "depraved indifference" to human life and where such act results in a death. In a depraved-heart murder, defendants commit an act even though they know their act runs an unusually high risk of causing death or serious bodily harm to a person. If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a "depraved indifference" to human life and the resulting death is considered to have been committed with malice aforethought. In some states, depraved-heart killings constitute second-degree murder, while in others, the act would be charged with varying degrees of manslaughter.

If no death results, such an act would generally constitute reckless endangerment (sometimes known as "culpable negligence") and possibly other crimes, such as assault.

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Since the "teens" committed no act, it sounds like Depraved Heart does not apply.

[jch10]

Sadly, being a sorry individual is not a crime.