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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
This could be charged capital murder.
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Could be. But if the courts are reasonable, they won't seek capital murder on someone without malicious intent on the life of the dead party. And I would support this. I don't see the justice in state-sponsored homicide of a felon involved in a robbery gone wrong, where he didn't have any direct hand in the killing, nor would he want it. This is where the court should show a divide between a modern approach to felony murder in contrast to its ancient roots. I believe the Eighth Amendment might offer help with that.
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