(October 16, 2021 at 6:51 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(October 16, 2021 at 6:38 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Bystanders should all be charged with aiding and abetting.
No, I don't agree. If you were not a part of a crime, and you fear for your life, or injury, you cannot make it a crime when you had no pre knowledge of the event.
I get the intent of wanting to help. I seriously get that intent. But it is crazy to convict someone whom was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time as being complicit in the moment.
The better argument in law, would be way after the fact, when you didn't report your observations. That would be a better case. But even then, the threats of the murderer can keep an innocent person silent.
Quite sure, and would bet my life that is how John Gotti got away with all his crimes and violence as long as he did.
Just because you’re a coward, don’t assume everyone else is.
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