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Most states have laws that make all persons involved in a crime responsible for the injury or death of anyone during the course of that crime. One of the intruders was killed; that equates to murder in this case, and therefore according to state law, the accomplice can and should be charged. If you dislike that, work to get the sgtatute changed. Don;t expect many to be sympathetic to you, though. Consider it this way--what if instead of the victim doing the shooting, imagined that she or her infant were killed. Would you still think that the accomplice should not be charged with their deaths?
That makes sense, Sonoran, makes ALOT of sense! Thanks! Like Hitler and his croneys, one committed the horrible crime, so does the rest of his clan, directly or indirectly. WWII murders were not taken lightly either, if they were on the run to Brazil, you can bet someone will be chasing them. They won't be found quickly but eventually they will get caught.
That's a Kingpin law for you. If I drive the getaway car for our bank robbery and someone gets killed, I get charged with murder. All acts during the commission of a felony....
And if you paid me to rob the bank... you get it too. Those laws were instituted to help bring down the top guy in an organization.
Makes ALOT of sense too!
Thanks for giving me the hindsight. Hubby had to explain to me about this in WWII acts of crime and the reprocussions of the crime, either you are involved or not directly involved.
Like the Mary Surrat movie just out last year, she MAY have known about the actions of the assistination of President Lincoln by those men but at that time women are not that well respected or the customs they had, "say NOTHING" about it even when she overheard what they were doing. Women have been doing that for years until the times have changed. Would she have had the death penalty too because she was aware of the plan of action being committed? I have mixed feelings about it...Yes and No. I'd rather have her behind jail until further proof was found or serve out her time. At that time, people are looking for an end to the "witch hunt".
Was she an accomplant to the crime? I would say yes.
