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Hamel wrote:That's attempted murder. The effects of HCL should be known to anyone at or below a middle school level.
HA! You give too much credit to the average kid these days. Then again, Canadian education system far exceeds US I believe.

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The Kernel wrote:
Death from the Sea wrote:charge their ass, stupidity is not a defense. People need to be responsible for their actions.
Actually, when it comes to attempted murder, stupidity IS a defense. Attempted murder means they had to be trying to kill the teacher, otherwise it is reckless endangerment.
Wouldnt that be attempted manslaughter?
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Trytostaydead wrote:Though at that age.. I'm not sure how it works in Canada.. would they be taking Biology or Chemistry? Here in the states I believe around that age you'd be taking Biology and then Chemistry later
Don't think that every school in the US ran the way you did (something I find a lot of suburban kids are guilty of thinking) and even if they ran the system that way they could have skipped it by having taken another science that comes before it during middle school so they would have just skipped it.
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Attempted murder! Lock their asses up!
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From the article:

For the time being, the school has suspended the two teenagers while it decides whether to expel them.

I take it that would have taken all of two seconds to decide.
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...if only stupidity was a crime...

charge them with attempted murder.
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ggs wrote:
The Kernel wrote:
Death from the Sea wrote:charge their ass, stupidity is not a defense. People need to be responsible for their actions.
Actually, when it comes to attempted murder, stupidity IS a defense. Attempted murder means they had to be trying to kill the teacher, otherwise it is reckless endangerment.
Wouldnt that be attempted manslaughter?
No, there is no such thing as attempted manslaughter AFAIK. The only distinction is if they were actually trying to KILL the teacher, not just cause harm. Otherwise it is reckless endangerment. Attempted murder is a VERY serious felony and is some states it carries a penalty equal to murder.
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