It's About Perspective is a podcast about monsters and elements of the monstrous. We're focusing on werewolves for this season and in this episode Adam Norton discusses whether werewolves are guilty of murder.
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Notes and Sources
Adam would like to thank his editor Valeska, psychologist Natalie, and law professor Jon, as well as voice talent Jaya.
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Wayne Goza v Sarah Goza, 470 So. 2d 1262 (1985) - Non Compos Mentis is now used as a general term for "of unsound mind" and is legally defined as not having the capacity to make decision, and has been ruled to be a higher threshold than merely a mental illness. Genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome would be covered by the term depending on decision making capacity.
Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46,
The Law Reform Commission of Western Australia. The Criminal Process and Persons Suffering from Mental Disorder, Project No. 69, August 1991.
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Reviewed while writing: Josh Gilliland, Can You Have Werewolf Traps in Your Front Yard? The Legal Geeks September 3, 2019, accessed online September 5, 2020. https://thelegalgeeks.com/2019/09/03/can-you-have-werewolf-traps-in-your-front-yard/
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