Cannibalism and the Necessity Defense in Regina v. Dudley & Stevens (1884)

Cannibalism and the Necessity Defense in Regina v. Dudley & Stevens (1884)

Cannibalism and the Necessity Defense in Regina v. Dudley & Stevens (1884) In the case Regina v. Dudley & Stevens (1884), the jury’s finding was that the defendants were unlikely to have survived to a point of being rescued had they not killed the boy and eaten him. Moreover, the victim was also the weakest […]