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Heartbreaking. Statement from the victim's sister "If they can sit there and watch somebody die in front of their eyes, imagine what they're going to do when they get older. Where's the morals?" The teens told the cops they were out there smoking weed.
Why should there be any criminal charge? Only you are responsible for your own safety.
This may come as a shock to you, but in many parts of the world and several states in USA there are duty to rescue and or failure to render aid statues.
Heartbreaking. Statement from the victim's sister "If they can sit there and watch somebody die in front of their eyes, imagine what they're going to do when they get older. Where's the morals?" The teens told the cops they were out there smoking weed.
Juveniles or not, I hope their names get outed. People have the right to know who these sociopaths in the making are.
I wouldn't have jumped in but would have called 911. It's bad that they didn't at least do do that or report it, but apparently in Florida that doesn't raise to the level of a crime.
This may come as a shock to you, but in many parts of the world and several states in USA there are duty to rescue and or failure to render aid statues.
This is one of those tough philosophical questions...these guys acted like horrible human beings, or possibly sociopaths, but is it truly a crime to NOT do something?
Obviously you want to punish them or have some type of consequences for letting someone die, but strictly looking at it logically, I don't necessarily think it should be law.
If you say it should be a crime to not help someone, where does that logic end? If someone else is putting themselves in danger, jumping in a lake, running into traffic, driving drunk, taking too many drugs...you're mandated to step in and punished as a criminal if you don't? I see some major red flags there.
I think it's an interesting and important conversation either way.
I saw that earlier. It is horrible. They were high on marijuana, which probably clouded their judgment.
Instead of using their cell phones to call 911, they used them to video tape the death.
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