Scenario
- 1. A doctor gives a lethal injection to a patient who is suffering unbearable pain from cancer in order to stop their suffering.
- Did the doctor have actual intention or eventual intention to kill the patient?
- What was the motive of the doctor?
- If you were the judge would you find the doctor guilty of murder? Why or why not?
- If you were sentencing the accused for murder would you increase or reduce the person’s sentence? Why or why not?
- 2. A doctor gives a patient an untested vaccine to stop her from being infected with COVID-19 and the patient dies from the side-effects.
- Did the doctor have actual or eventual intention to kill the patient – or neither? Why or why not?
- If you were the judge and found the doctor guilty, would you increase or decrease the sentence?