Homeowner shot a 14-year-old during burglary attempt. The 5 other teens with him were charged

yahoo.com ^ | August 14, 2019

[Tea Party Terrorist]

This is not the felony murder doctrine.

Felony murder is killing someone in the commission of another felony, ie, shooting a bank teller while robbing a bank, killing someone via arson.

[NEMDF]

..... expecting his first child next month. He was so looking forward to being a father.... once he helped his grandma carry in groceries.

[ontap]

No mention of the race of th perps!!!!

[Hieronymus]

Reading the article, of the other five, one was 18, and the other four 16 or 17.

Letting the youngest guy do the dirty work is despicable.

If it weren’t for the need for justice to be somewhat proportional, I’d say hang them. Of course, if people who needed hanging more than these were were strung up, stuff like this would likely decrease.

[Haiku Guy]

[bk1000]

Comments at the source think the murder charge for the accomplices is too much. It sounds about right to me, plus the “teens” will probably be let out once they are no longer “teens”. Good for the homeowner, facing six with a revolver.

[Haiku Guy]

No. Felony Murder includes people who are killed during the commission of a felony, regardless of who kills them. If the danger is reasonably foreseeable, the perp is responsible.

[rktman]

Ass-piring wrappers along the lines of NWA? 😳

[satan]

Red Flag laws would have prevented this senseless tragedy and saved an aspiring youth’s life.

[BenLurkin]

Who.cares?

[frank ballenger]

I would like to have the same optimism as you have.

I know in the Cross and the Switchblade (1970 movie) type of story and memoirs of a 1950s gang member who becomes a priest represent that.

I am sorry to say today seems to be different. I have about 1% non cynicism in me, but that’s at least something.

[frank ballenger]

These guys are the shame of a nation.

[colorado tanker]

Yes, this is felony murder. The classic case is a wheel man being guilty of murder committed by the robbers inside.

The kid was killed during the commission of a felony and the surviving perps are guilty of his murder.

[MplsSteve]

Curious about the ethnicity of the other suspects...?

I’m not making a judgement here, only stating the facts.

https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2019/08/14/names-released-of-five-teens-charged-with-murder-after-accomplice-fatally-shot-during-attempted-car-theft/

[hanamizu]

This is not the felony murder doctrine.

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Yes it is. If someone dies while a felony is being attempted or committed, everyone involved in the felony can be charged with murder, regardless of who caused the death. If the shooter is a cop, the accomplices can be charged. In one case in England a young man was hanged for murder (one of the last hangings I believe) even though he was in police custody at the time of the death.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

My brother in law spent his career working in the Chicago juvenile justice system, mostly with violent offenders. He would respectfully disagree with you. He said that while he was there they were mostly gang members and by the time they were teenagers they were already lost. He didn’t believe in rehabilitation and when he retired he preferred to stay away from other people as much as possible. He has no faith in humanity, the result of spending most of his adult life dealing with the worst humanity has to offer.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yeah, only been around in common law for 200+years.

CC

[Impala64ssa]

Similar to the trick bag Kenneth Glasgow is in. He’s an ex con who’s now a gun control activist who “turned his life around” OR DID HE? He’s in the Dotham, AL lockup facing capitol murder charges. Seems after speaking at a March for our lives rally in Birmingham he hooked up with some thugs, one of whom shot a woman they were robbing with an ILLEGALLY OBTAINED HANDGUN.

[IronJack]

And dispose of the trash?

[Magnum44]