Si alguien comete un crimen y a otra persona le pasa algo malo mientras trata de detenerlo, esa persona no puede ser demandada. La ley dice que el criminal asume el riesgo de que algo malo le pase.
Es como cuando decides jugar un deporte extremo. Si te lastimas mientras lo haces, no puedes culpar a los demás porque sabías que era arriesgado.
Imagina que Juan intenta robar una tienda y Ana, la dueña, lo enfrenta. Durante la pelea, Juan se lastima. Según esta ley, Juan no puede demandar a Ana porque él asumió el riesgo al intentar cometer un crimen.
CHAPTER 12.1-38 ASSUMPTION OF RISK IN CRIMES 12.1-38-01. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Convicted" includes a finding of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is stayed or executed, an unwithdrawn judicial admission of guilt or guilty plea, a no contest plea, a judgment of conviction, an adjudication as a delinquent child, or an admission to a juvenile delinquency petition. 2. "Course of criminal conduct" includes the acts or omissions of a victim in resisting criminal conduct. 3. "Crime" includes an offense named in section 12.1-16-01, 12.1-16-02, 12.1-16-03, 12.1-17-01, 12.1 -17-01.1, 12.1-17-01.2, 12.1-17-02, 12.1 -17-03, 12.1 -17-04, chapter 12.1-18, section 12.1-20-03, 12.1 -20-04, 12.1 -20-05, 12.1 -20-07, chapter 12.1-21, section 12.1-22-01, 12.1-22-02, or 12.1 -22-03, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses. The term includes a crime in other states which would have been within this definition if the crime had been committed in this state. 4. "Perpetrator" means a person who has engaged in criminal conduct and includes a person convicted of a crime. 5. "Victim" means a person who was the object of another's criminal conduct and includes a person at the scene of an emergency who gives reasonable assistance to another person who is exposed to or has suffered grave physical harm. 12.1-38-02. Perpetrator's assumption of the risk. A perpetrator assumes the risk of loss, injury, or death resulting from or arising out of a course of criminal conduct involving a crime, as defined in this chapter, engaged in by the perpetrator or an accomplice, as defined in section 12.1-03-01, and the crime victim is immune from and not liable for any damag
Significa que si alguien comete un delito y se lastima o sufre algo malo en el proceso, no puede culpar a la víctima o demandarla.
La víctima no es responsable de los daños al criminal si usó la fuerza de manera razonable para defenderse.
Sí, la ley considera delitos de otros estados como si hubieran sido cometidos en Dakota del Norte, siempre que encajen en su definición.
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