[Petronski]

Then it becomes felony murder. The death was caused by the crime. Its like OJ or his co conspirators pulled a trigger to a gun and killed him.

Whoa! That's a tough chain of causation to make there. You think they could prove that? You think they would try?

[goldstategop]

They're already charging him with kidnapping. If they weren't confident they could make it stick, they wouldn't do it. Whether the charge gets upgraded all depends on whether the victim lives or dies.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus