just curious, really.
2006-08-20 15:46:16 · 17 answers · asked by wrench r 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It depends on the circumstance.If you knew the person was in frail health and you deliberately frightened them, it is murder.If you were unaware of any medical condition, and frightened someone, which resulted in their death, it is involuntary manslaughter.
2006-08-20 15:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by Frau Blücher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it really killed them (if you not saying that as a figure of speech, but asking in the context of literally killing someone), can prove that the cause of death was indeed related to you scaring them, can prove that you scared them with the intention of killing them and it wasn't an accident, then yes, I believe its illegal...
If any of those are false, or unprovable then I think you should be safe... You're innocent until proven guilty, so again, unless they could prove all of the above, theres not much they can do to prosocute you.
2006-08-20 23:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by Emily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can scare anyone to death that isn't already hooked up to a machine, they deserve to die! But that would be a hell of a technicality once the homicide squad came through...
FRENCH:Good God Johnson what happened?
JOHNSON:Well apparently this man was too much of a p*ssy to realize that his eight year old daughter was only wearing a clown Mask...
FRENCH: hmmm... amazing
FRENCH: Little girl you've done the world a great big favor...
2006-08-20 23:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rick R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you broke into a house and the homeowner was frightened enough to have a heart-attack and succumbed, you could be charged with manslaughter or murder, depending on your jurisdiction so indirectly. Yes, if you scared someone to death, you could be held accountable.
2006-08-20 22:52:56 · answer #4 · answered by pamspraises 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The person would have died of natural causes which may or may not have been brought on by fright. So, hard to pin down as a murder.
Emotional and mental torture are prosecutable. Witnesses would need to be called though.
2006-08-20 22:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it may depend upon intent.
For example, if you jumped out from behind a bush to scare your friend, and your friend had a heart condition that you were unaware of, and consequently had a heart attack, it would suck and you'd feel guilty, but if you didn't mean to kill him/her then it is not really your "fault".
2006-08-24 19:15:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Can you imagine what would happen if the pilots at air shows were held accountable if old people died when they saw planes do something dangerous?
2006-08-20 22:51:40 · answer #7 · answered by moleman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you did...I would think anything more that involuntary manslaughter. More than likely it would be a slap on the wrist...
2006-08-20 23:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by ABBYsMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were intentional to try to cause their death - I would think it would be prosecutable.
2006-08-20 22:51:28 · answer #9 · answered by Lake Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely yes. Many countries have fixed punition for this crime.
2006-08-20 22:57:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋