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Cases of criminal negligence arise from acts or omissions if the accused was under a legal duty to do the omitted act. To meet the standard for criminal negligence, the act or omission must show a wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons.
1. The act should be actually committed or it should be an omission of a legal duty (as different from moral duty), i.e., a person cannot be punished for his/ her thoughts. In some cases, however, even words may be considered as acts, as in treason or in aiding or abetting another person to commit a crime. In such cases, it is reasonably argued that some action has taken place. The omission of a legal duty is also a crime. Let us illustrate by taking a couple of examples. Suppose a person has a visitor and this visitor suddenly has a heart attack. As the host fails to call a doctor, his friend dies.