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Homeowner Shoots Teen, but Murder Charges Go Elsewhere
IMHO, just another nonsensical law meant to get as many people as possible into the prison system.
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Homeowner Shoots Teen, but Murder Charges Go Elsewhere
IMHO, just another nonsensical law meant to get as many people as possible into the prison system.
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Felony murder is established law in many (most?) U.S. states, and it should be.
Everyone participating in the felony is guilty for the murder of anyone who dies due to the commission of the felony...even the death of one of the criminals.
You don't need a gun to commit murder...
This makes total sense to anyone who believes criminals should be responsible for their acts.
Everyone participating in the felony is guilty for the murder of anyone who dies due to the commission of the felony...even the death of one of the criminals.
You don't need a gun to commit murder...
This makes total sense to anyone who believes criminals should be responsible for their acts.
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This is an example of a dumb law, but the real issue are the prosecutors filing these charges. Unless they killed their friend with malice, they should not be charged with murder.
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Certain mindsets are hard to understand. People often blame the police for killing someone who "only aimed a toy gun at the officers." How mean of them for not waiting to see if that person committing a crime was actually going to fire bullets at them.
How about this? Don't raise your kids to be criminals.
How about this? Don't raise your kids to be criminals.
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While felony murder is apparently a thing in many states of the USA, I don't think it is in many other places.
I think it was intended to be part of an effort to discourage crime by deterrence. It has been shown by many studies that deterrence via heavy charges doesn't work.
I think it was intended to be part of an effort to discourage crime by deterrence. It has been shown by many studies that deterrence via heavy charges doesn't work.
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No, the friend choose to do the crime, so he got himself killed. Not the friends.
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I agree. I don't know the technical legality of the law, but charging them with murder seems excessive. Now if one of them had killed the homeowner I can see where they are all responsible, but since one of the perpetrators was killed I don't see how it is murder. Also I wonder if they would have been charged with murder if one of them had been killed in a car accident fleeing the scene?
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Apparently it's enough to lend someone a car to be convicted of felony murder. You don't even have to commit a crime or be at the place of the murder.
Ryan Holle - Wikipedia
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No, they went together. They planned it together.
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If it can be shown that the lender knew what it was going to be used for then yes.....
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First-degree murder doesn't make sense as I think a prosecutor would have a really tough time proving that they went into the crime with the intent of getting one or more of themselves killed. I could see negligent homicide, but murder in the first is nonsensical.
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If you read the story it explains intent is not a prerequisite.....
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Murder is way too excessive. You should only be charged with murder when you, well, murder. Also while teens should be held accountable for their acts, we still need to remember they are TEENS. This is why we had protections not to be tried as adults in most of these crimes. They can't think as logically as adults in a lot of situations yet. Their hormones and minds are out of control. A lot of them are under peer pressure and bad influence they haven't been able to fight off yet because they're still developing their personalities. They're still finding themselves, their faith, and figuring out what to stand up for and what to avoid. Some of them are still living in bad home lives. So no, I definitely don't agree if they go ahead with this weird and unwarranted murder charge.
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