Steve Pritchard boasted to his wife that he had set fires (arson) in the past to collect

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Steve Pritchard boasted to his wife that he had set fires (arson) in the past to collect insurance payments. Pritchard arranged for his wife and children to be out of their residence during a certain morning. He set fire to the house, which he admitted. Both he and his wife were charged with malicious destruction of property by fire, and under federal law, that act allows punishment for arson causing death. The death occurred while firefighters were putting out the flames of the Pritchard residence. Firefighter Charles Sparks suffered a heart attack while putting out the fire. Could a jury find Pritchard guilty of causing Sparks’

death?

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Business Law Text And Exercises

ISBN: 9780357717417

10th Edition

Authors: Roger LeRoy Miller, William E. Hollowell

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