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Unintentional Homicide
Unlike in the previous section, all of these killings involve defendants who did not mean to cause death. They may have acted negligently, recklessly, or, in the case of felony murder, wholly without mens rea with regard to death. We will study the various ways the common law and MPC distinguish among these killings. We will also discuss when these accidental killings should be left to the tort system to resolve.
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