>>1216
Lawyer here. Here's the beauty of Jigsaw by allowing his victims to choose their own fates, he technically cannot be convicted of homicide. Let me clarify.
Webster's dictionary defines murder as having the following elements:
>1. unlawful
>2. killing
>3. through criminal act or omission
>4. of a human
>5. by another human
>6. with malice afterthought
Jigsaw takes advantage of a couple of different legal loopholes. In this case, it would be in regards to point 2, 3, and 6.
>2. killing
Jigsaw never actually "killed" any of his victims, per-say. They always had a choice.
>3. through criminal act or omission
Even if Jigsaw did kill anybody, it was not through criminal act. There is nothing criminal about letting your victims choose their own fates, through their own free will. They are liable for their own actions.
>6. with malice afterthought
The whole point of Jigsaw's antics was to serve as a life-changing, positive rehabilitation. Therefore, Jigsaw acted without malice.
I hope this clear things up for anybody who previously didn't understand the legal technicalities of this series.