This just in on MSN
Police killed California robbery hostage
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/chief-police-killed-california-robbery-hostage
On the radio the other day (KFI640am - John & Ken interview with Eric Leonard) , I learned that, in California, if a person is killed even by the police while in a crime that you were participating in or are determined to have just been an accomplice, then YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. (The rationale is that the death wouldnt have occurred if you hadnt aided and abetted.)
Check it out.
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when an offender kills accidentally or without specific intent to kill in the commission of a felony, the offender can be charged with murder. Second, it makes any participant in such a felony criminally liable for any deaths that occur during or in furtherance of that felony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule
With laws like this, why in the world do police need to be concerned about their actions?
Police killed California robbery hostage
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/chief-police-killed-california-robbery-hostage
On the radio the other day (KFI640am - John & Ken interview with Eric Leonard) , I learned that, in California, if a person is killed even by the police while in a crime that you were participating in or are determined to have just been an accomplice, then YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. (The rationale is that the death wouldnt have occurred if you hadnt aided and abetted.)
Check it out.
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when an offender kills accidentally or without specific intent to kill in the commission of a felony, the offender can be charged with murder. Second, it makes any participant in such a felony criminally liable for any deaths that occur during or in furtherance of that felony.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule
With laws like this, why in the world do police need to be concerned about their actions?