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Accidental Murder Case Study
All murders aren’t intentional. Accidental murder is a killing done but under a reasonable belief that no harm was intended. You have the right to not be charged with murder if no illegal actions were involved in the incident.
Sometimes people are killed during the weirdest times. Did you know a man once killed at an NFL game? Back in 1979, a man named John Bowen lost his life to a demonstration during halftime at a Jets vs. Patriots game. The Electronic Eagles of the Radio Control Association of Greater New York were flying different types of model airplanes. Unfortunately, one shaped like a lawn mower bashed into the stands hitting Bowen and one other. In the passage it said it seemed as if Bowen had been “attacked by an ax” (Florio 2014).

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