The K-Zone: Caldwell lacuna

To be `in the Caldwell lacuna' is to be able to rebutt a charge of Recklessness on the grounds that one considered the risks in all seriousness, and decided that no risk attached to one's actions. There are few, if any, examples of this defence being used successfully.

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