Question

question 8 (1 point)
lucretia is a single mother who is trying to raise her young daughter, nell (age 7), as best she can. nell has diabetes and lucretias physician has told her that nell will die if she does not have regular injections of insulin. one day, lucretia believes that she has experienced a vision and that an angel has told her that nell has been cured and no longer needs her injections. lucretia stops giving her daughter the insulin and nell eventually goes into a coma. by the time nell is taken to hospital, it is too late to save her and she dies.
the crown charges lucretia under s.215: duty of persons to provide the necessaries of life.
what conduct did lucretia perform that violated the ar for s.215?
○ a) lucretia did not give nell her insulin.
○ b) lucretia followed information that she got from a vision.
○ c) nothing, nells coma could not be predicted and therefore nell is not responsible.
○ d) nothing, lucretia was not obligated to care for nell.

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option a: Section 215 (Duty to provide necessaries of life) requires providing essential care. Nell needed insulin (a necessary medical treatment) to live, and Lucretia stopped giving it. This conduct violates the actus reus (AR) of s.215 as she failed to provide the necessary insulin.
• Option b: Following a vision is the motive/mental state, not the conduct violating the AR (which is about the physical act of failing to provide necessaries).
• Option c: Nell’s coma was predictable (physician said no insulin would lead to death), so this is incorrect.
• Option d: As a parent, Lucretia was obligated to care for her minor daughter, so this is wrong.

Answer:

a) Lucretia did not give Nell her insulin.