*Yes, "Blown Away" is written in the third person, but Underwood plays the main character in the video, so in the interests of concision we'll call the song 's unnamed protagonist "Carrie Underwood. Congratulations, Carrie: You've got your sweet revenge, and there's not a court in the land who can touch you. As long as Carrie's father owns the house, and she's not his legal guardian, she's in the clear.Īnd what about the Good Samaritan laws that caused so much trouble in the Seinfeld finale? One final piece of luck-Oklahoma doesn't have those. Hosts have to save anyone they've invited into their house. There are exceptions, though: Parents (and anyone acting in loco parentis such as a teacher or a babysitter) have to save any children in their care. In most cases, there is no duty to rescue in the United States. The question is, does Underwood's failure to wake her father constitute "culpable negligence"? According to the law, it does not! Could that mean she was guilty of manslaughter in the second degree?Įvery killing of one human being by the act, procurement or culpable negligence of another, which, under the provisions of this chapter, is not murder, nor manslaughter in the first degree nor excusable nor justifiable homicide, is manslaughter in the second degree. But Carrie did set in motion the events that led to his death. 1994).Īh, you say, but Underwood didn't actually kill her father. Homicide is defined in section 691 of Title 21 as "the killing of one human being by another." An unborn fetus that is viable at the time of injury is a "human being" and therefore may be the subject of a homicide.
Underwood was fully conscious of the harmful effect her actions would have on her father: Additionally, it's clear this was not a mental lapse. She neglected to wake her father, and instead proceeded into the shelter, locking it behind her. Filmed in concert in March 2013 in Ontario, California, The Blown Away Tour: LIVE. Whatever legal interpretation we settle on, this much is not in doubt: Underwood heard tornado sirens and went down to the storm shelter, passing her father asleep on the couch. Pollstar’s Top Female Country Touring Artist of 2012, and six-time GRAMMY® winner Carrie Underwood now brings the magic of her sold-out Blown Away Tour to video with the release of The Blown Away Tour: LIVE.
Her daddy laid there passed out on the couch
But one thing's bothered us in the months since we first heard the song: Legally, is Underwood* guilty of murder in the song? Let's break down its lyrics, to see!įirst, we'll start with the crime itself, which Underwood describes in the song's second verse: Carrie Underwood's "Blown Away" recently went double-platinum, and with good reason: It's one of the country superstar's finest story-songs, a gripping tale of a young woman who kills her abusive father by locking him out of a tornado shelter during storm season.
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