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25 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 511 (2010)
Polluters as Perpetrators of Person Crimes: Charging Homicide, Assault, and Reckless Endangerment in the Face of Environmental Crime

handle is hein.journals/jenvll25 and id is 515 raw text is: SARAH GIBSON* Polluters as Perpetrators of Person Crimes: Charging Homicide, Assault, and Reckless Endangerment in the Face of Environmental Crime I. Certain Polluting Activities Can Cause Serious Bodily Injury or Death ....................................... 514 A. Unregulated Infractions .................. .... 515 B. Chronic Pollution ............. ................ 517 C. Catastrophic Pollution ................................ 519 II. State Environmental Crimes Can Deal with Some of These Fact Patterns ...................... ....... 521 A. The Act Element: Defining the Crime .......................... 522 B. Mental State with Regard to Result ........ ...... 525 1. Model Penal Code Mental States ............................. 526 2. Common Law Mental States ....... .......... 527 3. Proving Mental State........... ............. 529 C. Authorized Maximum Penalty ........ ............. 530 III. State Traditional Person Crimes Might Also Deal with These Fact Patterns ...................... ....... 532 A. Defining the Crime by Its Result .......... ............ 532 1. Homicide ............ 532 2. Assault.............................. 536 3. Reckless Endangerment and Culpable Negligence.. 540 B. Mental State with Respect to Result ... .... ........ 541 C. 'Authorized Maximum Penalty ........... ............ 543 IV. Difficulty of Proving Causation .............. ...... 544 * J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School (2009); B.A., Reed College (2002). The author wishes to thank Susan Mandiberg, Lewis & Clark Law School Professor of Law, for her unflagging support and guidance, academic and otherwise, throughout the drafting process. [511]

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