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To: LukeL
I don’t know the exact legal term, but I am aware there is a law that states it doesn’t matter what is in the victims medical history, if your actions lead to their death. Meaning if you hold up a gas station and a person with a heart conditon drops dead from shock, you are responsible for their death, their medical state is not a factor.

Felony Murder rule ? That might apply if the accused kids were robbing a station and caused the poor girl to drop dead . Are those the facts here ?

8 posted on 04/11/2010 9:13:08 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: kbennkc

No the point is, if your actions result in the death of anyone you are resonsible, regardless if that person had a weakened mental or physical state to begin with.


16 posted on 04/11/2010 9:41:33 PM PDT by LukeL (Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
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