Case Study 1: Understanding the Court System The dreadful shooting at Chardon High School took place on 27th February, 2012. Chardon High School is in the State of Ohio, in United States of America. Prior to the shooting, warning rumours about the incident circulated over the internet, nevertheless, witnessing students were able to identify the shooter as T.J. Thomas Lame III, a 17-year old juvenile. At first, the police were somehow reluctant to identify the shooter after apprehending him, however, at dusk of 28th February, authorities confirmed the suspect as Lane. Lane was armed with a .22 calibre handgun during the day of the shooting at the school’s cafeteria. He stood up on a table and started shooting throwing everyone into confusion. At first, five students were suffered different injuries and hospitalized, three of them died later. Nick Walczak and Joy Rickers were rushed to a local Hillcrest hospital, whereas Russell King, Demetrius Hewlin and Daniel Parmetor were rushed to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland by a helicopter. Nate Mueller, the sixth victim, suffered minor injuries when a bullet grazed through his right ear. Later police reports about the whereabouts of the casualties …show more content…
Section 2923.02 under the Ohio Revised Codes stipulates the following concerning an attempt to commit an offense: that on individual, knowingly or purposely, and when the knowledge or purpose is sufficiently culpable for the commission of an offense, shall engage in any conduct that, if successful, would result or constitute in the offence. Secondly, “it is no justification to a blame under this section that, in retrospect, commission of the offense that was the attempt’s object was either legally or factually unfeasible under the circumstances of the attendant, if the offense could have been thus committed had the circumstances played out as the actor believed them to (Attempt to Commit Offense,