The felony murder rule is basic stuff.
I’ve never heard of it being “controversial” in any way.
I have no problem with felony murder charges for that parasite. A conviction would lock him up until he’s an adult criminal. One more murder conviction as an adult, and society would be safer. The problem with our prisons is that we don’t lock up parasites for long enough, and felony murder helps to balance those scales.
This is not a new law, it’s fairly standard across states. Perhaps the “youngsters” shouldn’t have been trying to burgle a house.
Hey, that 14 year old was “slight”.
Now, who could charge such an innocent soul?
The felony murder rule is not unique to IL and isn’t controversial except in those circles who like to burgle and those who like to excuse same.
The key to training and disapline is immediate punishment on discovery of an infraction.
If they don’t have a father or don’t get supervision, this is what happens.
I’d be fine with simply executing anyone who burgles houses.
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Has Always been true. More effort to make it ok to participate in crimes even when people get killed.
Three scum break in my home and kill, you think I don’t blame all three?
Nothing controversial about it, you start an illegal situation, somebody dies, the death is on you. You don’t have to do the killing, you made the situation.
I’m 57 years old and this law has not been controversial in all of that time until, apparently, now. Hmmmmm....
Just another Moslem trying to gin up controversy and chaos.
If you are participating in a felony as serious as invading another mans home, the charge is more than appropriate. What is controversial about that... aside from black lives matter dunces?
There was a nearly identical case in Indiana recently.
After several years, the court overturned their convictions. They still had to do time for the burgulary, so the higher court apparently had no procedural problem with the trial...rather it just decided to invalidate the felony murder law?
Not controversial at all. There are a lot of guys doing life sentences for acts of their accomplices. The only thing that’s hard to do is get the death penalty for someone who doesn’t do the actual killing. Unless it’s a murder for hire, it’s damn near impossible.
Interesting, how the Trib chose white subhumans for this story. If one reads deeply into the story, it turns out the felony murder rule is usually used to extract plea bargains, as it was here from the little creep. Read farther, and it also comes out that the gang was planning to steal the victim’s gun collection, which, IMHO, would have been sold to Chicago bangers and other wonderful youts who’d have probably used those guns to murder other people. Thus, all in all, an excellent outcome where justice was done.
The writer has brought dishonor to her family.
As a matter or logic, if I was on a jury I could only convict someone of murder if they actually killed someone.
I believe it’s called “Acting in concert”. Just don’t commit any crimes and you will be fine.