Ramona left her two-year-old baby in the backseat of her car near a construction site while she went to a department store to buy groceries. In her absence, a construction crane crashed into her car, resulting in the death of her child. Which element of mens rea is illustrated in the scenario?

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Negligence is illustrated in this scenario because Ramona failed to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would in a similar situation, leading to an unintended consequence, the death of her child.

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