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To: Citizen Zed

The felony murder rule is basic stuff.

I’ve never heard of it being “controversial” in any way.


2 posted on 02/20/2016 6:24:07 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s “controversial” only when it is applied against one of ^Obama’s sons^.


12 posted on 02/20/2016 6:36:35 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: BenLurkin
I've never heard of it being “controversial” in any way.

I think it's controversial, and wrong, to charge a criminal for the death of an accomplice at the hands of law enforcement or a person resisting criminals.

The felony murder rule was generally understood as the notion that anyone involved in criminal enterprise is fully responsible for any crime that results. If two people rob a store and the clerk is killed, the accomplice is equally guilty as the person who pulled the trigger.

When the police or a homeowner kill a burglar, the killing was not a crime but a lawful act of self defense, and blaming the accomplice does not make the killing a crime, despite this novel new theory. Jack McCoy, call your office.

18 posted on 02/20/2016 6:50:33 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Prendre cinq et rendre quatre ce n'est pas donner.)
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To: BenLurkin

This is a girbilist writing.
Consequences for actions is a controversial topic.


32 posted on 02/20/2016 7:22:14 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Controversial” only in the minority community.


41 posted on 02/20/2016 8:19:36 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: BenLurkin

It is when the accused is a member of the din-do-nuffin crowd.


51 posted on 02/20/2016 11:48:43 AM PST by nomad
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To: BenLurkin
I've never heard of it being "controversial" in any way.

Right, criminals all agree without controversy, they want it gone!

52 posted on 02/20/2016 11:56:39 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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