SnoopyDoobyDoo
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If "wicked recklessness" what she did wouldn't the charge be culpable murder instead of murder?
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No. From the website:
Murder is committed when the accused has acted with the intention of killing the victim or where the accused's conduct has been 'wickedly reckless'.
Culpable homicide is committed where the accused has caused loss of life through wrongful conduct, but where there was no intention to kill or 'wicked recklessness'.
Edit- So culpable homicide means there wasn't sufficient evidence of wicked recklessness or the intention to kill.
Charges can be downgraded even during the trial, so it's possible they went for the big charge and will downgrade it to culpable homicide if the post-mortem doesn't provide enough evidence for wicked recklessness.