En vertu des principes traditionnels de droit pénal, commettre un acte criminel en toute connaissance de cause ou intentionnellement est davantage blâmable qu'agir par négligence.
Some people commit cruelty on purpose and others commit cruelty not on purpose but rather by extreme neglect. Under traditional criminal principles, knowingly or intentionally doing something is more blameworthy than doing the same thing by gross inadvertence.