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"Death by misadventure"

forget about defences, he will aimply charm the jury. the thing to start think about is appropriate bail conditions

depends, did the victim deserve it? vigilante dracula is only doing what others should have but couldn't.

Dracula is dead and therefore can't be held legally accountable for his actions. But the families of his victims could sue his estate.

Predations easier, you can choose mercy or death like he’s a coyote

@ceej.online hes just doing his job man

90% of the time, I still find some democrats like @ashishkjha.bsky.social from time to time.

I mean, clearly in this scenario Dracula has a potential defense: as a dementia patient, he cannot be expected to know right from wrong. He only knows the Hunger, and is responding to it.

Dracula or "a" dracula. It sort of matters. Dracula is in control of his shit. A dracula is like a deer

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here's a pov from the Anne rice books

It depends on intent. Is he taking down a bank manager that's standing in the way of financing for his new Victorian house? Probably murder. Is it a random killing because he's hungry and needs sustenance, making sure not to take a mother or caretaker or something? Then, more likely predation.

I have this idea I call the Dracula test, which I haven't seen anywhere...

c) dracula is rich so these allegations are clearly baseless

c) dracula is rich so these allegations are clearly baseless

I dunno, they did get tricked by a sweet-talkin’ vampire, so maybe good old “misadventure”?

The answer is (a) legally murder. I did my research, looking at old newspaper clippings from Transylvania. During one year Dracula killed eight vampires. He was arrested, put on trial, and convicted on all eight Counts.

I mean, just don’t sign his ancient unintelligible contract and you should be fine

You have some very interesting potential clients. I would say it's murder. I would also recommend the advice from the wu tan clan which is: protect your neck.

Wouldn't that actually be in your favor as his defense attorney

Tell Dracula to chill. He can't kill everyone or he'll starve. It's not predation. It's parasitic.

Ok but what if dracula was C3P0

This riddle is answered by another question: was dracula horny at the time? Never seen a cheetah at full staff chasing a gazelle

Dracula (or Mr. Tepes) enjoys emininent domain as long as he is in Wallachia.

technically a, in practice b until somebody stops him

why not both?

If Dracula has to run after you, its predation. If he just walks up to you and fangs you, its murder.

Vampires never kill someone then suck their blood; it’s incompatible with the need to feed from a live host. If the host subsequently dies of organ failure, one needs to prove the feeding was a proximate and predictable cause of death before one could establish mens rea. In this paper we establish…

just like a predatory animal, laws can’t be expected to protect our bind him. he should be destroyed if he becomes habituated to feeding on humans.

Pond rules* Natural predation, however, vampire hunters are also natural predation and are thus also not guilty of murder of the undead? The successful parasite does not kill or overly inconvenience the host or it gets reacted to is the main lesson here. (Capitalism take note) *Hoppers movie

I don't understand all the joke replies. Dracula is murdering our friends and neighbors and you're laughing

Did he have to kill them to suck their blood?

We have blood banks for this very reason

c: "A deceased person cannot be charged because a trial violates due process" HOWEVER i would also argue that being undead is not a natural state so ...Unnatural Predation?

Murder but in the way a non-vegan understands vegan ideals but still eats burgers. He doesn’t see Mina as a burger but he does see other people like random guys just trying to ship his coffin as basically vampire burgers. Like if Moby occasionally ate McDonalds.

Whichever he finds more fun at the time

Can Dracula avoid jail time by just not explaining the inviting in thing? Like they keep trying to put him in the cell but he physically can't enter it?

We taught Dracula to understand UK Libel Laws and he decided to take a stroll in the park at noon

If corporations have taught me anything it’s that rich bloodsuckers are beyond the law when it suits them.

I'm positive you're right about that !

c) do dangerous animal laws apply? Was he a bat at any point?

It’s definitely a violation of food handlers’ laws.

That's *Count* Dracula to you!

on the other hand, imagine being the prosecution, trying to defend a Dracula victim and prove it was murder, and Dracula starts doing all his goofy ahh shit to the judge and jury and you're like

Necessity is only available if the threat is imminent and never for deadly force. He would have to be on the brink of starvation. And then only to steal from the blood bank.

Hmm… ok, if a person was specifically targeted for who they are, then probably murder. If no targeting, and it was just whomever was slowest, then probably natural predation. Seems fair 😆