(August 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(August 19, 2012 at 7:57 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Some of the shots would surely be late (by a fraction of a second) and be hitting a corpse and not a living person. They're not guilty of anything.
Um...under US law....
Quote:At law, an accomplice has the same degree of guilt as the person he or she is assisting, is subject to prosecution for the same crime, and faces the same criminal penalties. As such, the three accomplices to the bank robbery above can also be found guilty of armed robbery even though only one stole money.
The fairness of the doctrine that the accomplice is as guilty as the primary offender has been subject to much discussion, particularly in cases of capital crimes. On several occasions, accomplices have been prosecuted for felony murder even though the actual person who committed the murder died at the crime scene or otherwise did not face capital punishment.
A guy who is blazing away is even more than an "accomplice".
Oh well there you go. Then why are there so many guys shooting the one person. That's just overkill...
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