Sentence examples for criminal fault from inspiring English sources

Such offences also typically involve a substantial 'fault element', in that they are committed only if the agent brings about the relevant effect (death or injury to the person, for instance) intentionally, or knowingly, or at least recklessly: theorists can therefore focus their discussions of criminal fault on the proper analysis of these kinds of fault and how they should be proved.

Texas-based Cinemark argued that because its employees did not know the accused shooter and were not trained in law enforcement or criminal pathology, "the fault here lies entirely with the killer".

Mr. Pataki is also seeking legislation to increase criminal penalties for no-fault insurance fraud.

The Canadians are Heather O'Neill, for "Lullabies for Little Criminals," and Nancy Huston, for "Fault Lines".

No system of criminal justice is without faults, none guarantees a correct verdict every time.

There's no sense that the criminal justice system is at fault in any way, or indeed the police.

In her 372,400-word report published on Thursday, Smith found that although the criminal behaviour was largely the fault of the perpetrators, the broadcaster could have stopped it but failed to do so.

Divorce law would be cleansed of fault; contract and criminal law were to be codified' and the commission's law reform proposals were to be ushered through parliament without too much alteration.

Regarding abuse by stars and others at the BBC, Smith concluded that the criminal behaviour was largely the fault of the perpetrators, the broadcaster could have stopped it but failed to do so.

However, it ultimately concluded that although the broadcaster could have stopped the abuse and failed to do so, the criminal behaviour was largely the fault of the perpetrators and therefore the BBC was not corporately responsible.

"Perhaps the Court will make this the law of the land, but then, smart money is on the death of the provocation doctrine," he wrote Tuesday on Fault Lines, a criminal justice blog.