Legal Principles for Charges of Murder and Related Crimes

Task

1. If the accused did not know that there was an injury inflicted on the victim and that the bleeding, if unattended to, would, result in death, is it possible that the accused can be charged for murder or for any other lesser crime(s)? Discuss the relevant issues in the context of how you would establish the offence(s).

2. All references must be indicated (*see below on how to cite). You do not have to attach any case laws or any other documents.

3. This is an individual project and each student must submit a separate piece of work. It should be maximum of 2000 words

4. This assignment 2 will constitute 50% of your final assessment. The marks will be distributed as follows:

Ability to explain the relevant legal principles

Critically evaluate the relevant law to the problems  

Grammar and use of language in addressing the issues 20 marks

5. If it is determined that a student has copied from another student, both students will be penalized. The extent of the penalty is dependant on the severity of the case.

6. Any student found plagiarizing from any other work published or unpublished will suffer the same fate as in para 5 above.

7. Assignment 2 (softcopies must be word document& notPDF) are to be submitted through email (see below the email format) to cc to your respective lecturers by 21 January 2022, Friday by 7pm.  I have attached a cover page, include it. See below.

Citation

Tan Chor Jin v PP (2008) 4 SLR 306

Micheal Anak Garing v PP [2017] SGCA 7

For text Books/Articles/Journals

Name of the Author, edition, year, page taken, Title of the Book/Articles/Journals.

Email Format: Submission of the Individual Assignment 1 & 2 format Part Time Classes (DPSS & DSFSS).

Example : The attachment (individual assignment) by each student should be named (don’t have to give the full name but admin number is a must) & sent through email to me in this format & cc your respective Lecturer. See format below;                   

By submitting this work, I am declaring that I am the originator of this work and that all other original sources used in this has been appropriately acknowledged. I understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person’s work and presenting it as my own without proper acknowledge. I also understand that plagiarism is an academic offence and that disciplinary action will be taken for plagiarism.