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Matthew Ellard · 25th September 2020, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

In no case of known cannibalism was the goal to eliminate evidence:

Exactly. Every law student studies R v Dudley and Stephens (1884), where the defendants openly admitted and claimed they killed and ate a crew member out of necessity, when shipwrecked. The ruling was that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder.

25th September 2020, 09:08 PM	#15
Matthew Ellard Suspended Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4,032	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza In no case of known cannibalism was the goal to eliminate evidence: Exactly. Every law student studies R v Dudley and Stephens (1884), where the defendants openly admitted and claimed they killed and ate a crew member out of necessity, when shipwrecked. The ruling was that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder.