Negligence and recklessness also qualifies one for a criminal act, not just intent. “Should have reasonably known better” is a qualifier.
“Negligence and recklessness also qualifies one for a criminal act, not just intent.”
Not really. Watch the video. Particularly under Minnesota law, terms like negligence and recklessness are defined. If you shoot a gun into the air and someone dies, you are responsible because anyone can foresee doing what you KNOW you are doing could kill an innocent person.
Doing something by mistake is NOT “criminal” negligence. It may be negligence with liability under civil law, but it is not CRIMINAL negligence. Folks keep failing to make a distinction between something that can be punished with something that is a crime. Those are different things.