What if hamiltons family refused treatment

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Question: Burr, in a jealous rage, shot his victim, Hamilton, twice in the head after he saw Hamilton flirting with his girlfriend. When Hamilton reached the hospital, his heart was still beating, but he had suffered irreversible brain damage and loss of brain function (as evidenced by EEG and other medical evidence). Hamilton's family agreed to have his artificial ventilation turned off (it was keeping his heart beating) so his organs could be harvested for transplantation.

Burr is charged with first-degree murder in Hamilton's death. His defense attorney argues that the doctors who disconnected Hamilton's ventilator were the cause of his death -- not Burr. Is the defense counsel correct -- why or why not? What if Hamilton's family refused treatment due to his religious convictions, and he subsequently died?

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