re: #34 lawhawk

Depraved indifference isn’t a crime itself - it’s a characterization relating to certain kinds of criminal charges. It goes to the mens rea (the belief of the person carrying out the charge). Depraved indifference goes to recklessness.

Homicide is a general charge, but homicide with depraved indifference may have different elements to be found guilty.

The two times I remember L&O’s Jack McCoy prosecuting for depraved indifference were a guy who watered down chemo drugs to be able to sell 3x as much as he bought, and a guy who watered/diluted the cement mix in a bridge construction.