1884 - far off the coast of the Cape of Good Hope discussion began between a group of men as to which one of them should be sacrificed so that the other three may have a chance of survival. They had already spent over two weeks out at sea on a deteriorating lifeboat; their paltry rations long gone and they were drifting out in the ocean half way between Africa and South America. Welcome to the historic case of Dudley & Stephens. Whoot! I’ve done a little bit of editing on this episode - although you’d probably never guess it. Thanks guys. List of references: https://cyber.harvard.edu/eon/ei/elabs/majesty/stephens.html

https://la.utexas.edu/users/jmciver/357L/QueenvDS.PDF

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3522&context=uclrev

https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-kadish/the-justification-of-punishment/regina-v-dudley-and-stephens/

https://www.lawteacher.net/cases/r-v-dudley-and-stephens.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens

https://canestrinilex.com/en/readings/lifeboat-case-is-murder-allowed-by-necessity-queen-vs-dudley-and-stephens/

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=crosskey_lectures.