Dudley, Stephens, and Brooks are able-bodied seamen. Richard Parker is a 17 yr old crew member and youngest of the group. Their ship is lost at sea and they are w/o food for days. All they've had to eat are 2 lb tins of turnips and a turtle that floated by. They are 1000 miles away from land. On the 18th day, Dudley suggested to Stephens and Brooks that they kill Parker. Parker, sickly at the time from drinking sea water, was not consulted. Brooks refused. Dudley killed the boy and all three men ate him. They were rescued 4 days later.
1) The defendants had a difficult choice to make. How will that affect whether they are liable? And should they be punished?
2) Given that Parker is an illiterate youth and does not have a family, whereas Dudley and Stephens are highly religious men with a family -- is this background information relevant?
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seamen
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seamen
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Dudes on boat are funny..
if i can draw cartoons
i'd draw chunky w/steam coming out of her head...
that's besides the point, copy!
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you said seamen
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*sigh*
i think your previous comment about letting the seagulls eat the boy was more helpful
this case is actually posted on wikipedia...
apparently they were on a lifeboat at the time (their original boat capsized)
Dudley and Stephens were initially sentenced to death, but then changed to 6 mo in prison
People have fasted for over 2 weeks w/o issue. Killing someone just after 4 days doesn't look too good.
I think they should be sentence for murder. But if they had 1/2 a brain, they should've killed him, ate him, then dump his body....and when they get rescued, just tell them that he went down with the original ship and didn't make it to the raft.
hahaha...
i agree...and you weren't the first person to bring up that point (that they weren't very bright for getting caught)
(and i think they were lost at sea for 18 days. they were rescued 4 days after they ate him...)
i think they were sentenced to murder but only imprisoned for 6 months...
I still think my "sickboymeatlurebirdmeat" better..
*Bang* "my bad lad... I promise not to miss the bird and hit you again"
(I used "lad" because they British)
aye aye captain...
arrrr...
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