Ethics and the Law: Crimes Against Persons Answers

The defense for a person with Alzheimer's would fall in the category of _____.

Josie was home all alone. She heard someone banging up against her front door and told the person to go away or she would call the police. As she was calling the police, the door began to crack from the doorframe. Josie grabbed her dad's hunting rifle and shot in the direction of the noise. She heard a loud bellow, and then all was quiet. The police arrived and found the perpetrator down the road, bleeding from his shin. Josie is guilty of ______.

Blake had lost it. He walked around the streets, shouting that the aliens were coming and that the end was near and everyone had to run and hide. One man approached him, and Blake thought that he was one of the "aliens" who wanted to destroy him and the planet. He shoved the man against a concrete building and threatened to strangle him if he didn't leave Earth immediately. Blake is guilty of ______.

Rowena asked her hairdresser, Angeline, to "surprise" her. Rowena napped in her chair as Angeline was creating her new hairstyle. When she awoke, Rowena went ballistic when she saw that Angeline had created a "mohawk" for her. Rowena grabbed the hair products and began to pelt Angelina with them. Rowena is guilty of ______.

Maggie was texting on her moped and didn't see Bobby walking home from grade school as she rode up on to the curb. Bobby was struck by the moped and died that night. Maggie is guilty of ______.

Carrie's friend Bernice had a horrible reaction to some chocolate bon bons that they ate after school. Bernice's face and tongue doubled in size. Carrie did not yet have her driver's license (she was still taking classes). However, she grabbed the car keys from the kitchen hook and rushed Bernice to the hospital. Carrie almost plowed down Mrs. Jones across the street on her way. Carrie is guilty of ______.

Clarence didn't care about anyone or anything. He was feeling bored and decided to take his snazzy sports car for a spin. It was a beautiful day, and he thought, "What better place to speed through than the new pedestrian mall and outdoor market a couple of miles away?" He revved up the car's engine and raced down the road. When he arrived at the new mall and market, Clarence plowed right through the crowd. Clarence is guilty of ______.

Brett and his buddies Ralf, Hugh, and Kris decided to enact their own Spartan survival games. Their friend, Scott, was out of town, so they didn't include him in the games. They dressed up as Spartans, made crude weapons, and began to engage in battle. Scott showed up at home early and saw someone holding a crude knife to Brett, with Brett begging for mercy. Fearing for his friend's life (and not realizing his friends were play-acting), Scott turned the knife to the assailant, and only after he had mortally wounded him did he realize that it was Ralf. Scott is guilty of ______.

Lizzy is seventeen years old, but everyone tells her she looks much older. She finds the boys at high school so boring and decides to party with some college boys. She meets Victor at the party, and she tells him that she is nineteen. As the evening progresses, they wind up having sexual intercourse. Victor is guilty of ______.

Foreman Sal was working late at the Gidgits Galore plant and decided to take a new prescription pill that he had ordered over the Internet. Instead of taking two of the orange pills, he decided to take three and chase them down with a couple of beers. Within an hour, Sal was crying hysterically. He picked up a loaded box of gidgits and threw them through the glass windows of his office as the bell rang for the next shift workers to enter the plant. Sergei and Shen were walking by as the glass shattered. They were severely injured by the glass; both later died from the loss of blood. Sal is guilty of ______.

Keith was looking to rumble. He saw Ocho up ahead and decided that his rival on the streets needed to feel a little pain and that Keith was the one to administer it. Keith grabbed Ocho and began to pummel him mercilessly. Ocho died from his injuries. Keith is guilty of ______.

All unethical behavior is criminal.