Pestinikas and his wife verbally agreed to provide food, medicine, and other necessities to a sick

Pestinikas and his wife verbally agreed to provide food, medicine, and other necessities to a sick and elderly 92-year-old man. Unfortunately,

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Pestinikas and his wife verbally agreed to provide food, medicine, and other necessities to a sick and elderly 92-year-old man. Unfortunately, Pestinikas and his wife failed to provide the food and medical care they had been paid to provide. The state can prove that the 92-year-old man’s death was caused by this failure and that the man died of malnutrition and exposure.

Under the criminal code of your state, could criminal charges be brought against Pestinikas? What possible charge could be issued

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The case at hand here is if a person can be held responsible for failing to act or to do something, in this case for failure to provide food and medicine.  Failure to act normally amount to actus reus which makes an individual liable and it can result to the person been criminally…………………….

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