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Was it felony murder or real murder tho?
I just learned about that bullshit and what the fuck, you US citizens really got a lot of bullshit ways to raise your numbers of legal slaves.
The land of the free, also also the largest prison population in the world.
I agree with it as a concept. If you and 3 buddies go to rob a bank armed and someone dies as a result of that you’re just as responsible as the one that pulled the trigger
But like all laws in America it is then interpreted in the most insane ways possible and then used more frequently against minorities.
the concept is okay, even good, I would say. if somebody does as a direct consequence of your actions, well, you murdered them — but that requires some nuance and work to determine how “direct”.
but the implementation, oh boy, that’s classic police state america
Thats called manslaughter
nah that’s separate, more like negligence
difference being (as I understand it) that manslaughter is negligence outside of criminal actions, and felony murder is manslaughter while committing a crime
Distinction without a difference
I assume you also watched last week’s Last Week Tonight?
And yeah, we get fucked by the system 8 ways to Sunday.
Yep. And I was absolutely unsurprised about the racism as well. Because of course black people get screwed over the most.
USian here and I remember knowing about this for most of my life, but I never looked into its origins. I still haven’t, and right now I don’t care to.
But holy shit does it feel like racism must have played a role.
edit to add: I ALSO remember on and after the Jan 6 insurriot how it seemed like hundreds of those people should be going down for felony murder. Funny how that didn’t happen.
Explain please?
You and your friends are running a marijuana grow op. The police break down the door. One of them sees your friend reaching for something (their phone) and shoots them dead. That person died in the commission of a felony (marijuana growing) that you were part of. You can now face life imprisonment for felony murder. In some states, this can actually happen.
IIRC there’s some situations where you’re considered responsible if anybody dies. So if you break into a house to steal something and the homeowner hears you, runs down the stairs, trips and breaks their neck it counts as if you murdered them.
It gets worse. One guy went to prison for felony murder because the police shot and killed his fellow burglar. Another got a life sentence without parole for lending his car keys to his roommate, who then used the car to commit a burglary where someone was killed. John Oliver did a segment on this not too long ago.
And this is why you never never never snitch.
It’s like firing a cannon into a crowded building. Maybe it hits the person you’re aiming at, but how much collateral damage will you do?
What. The. Fuck. I’m literally speechless.
Meanwhile after his release, Luigi will be absolutely swimming in pussay
Yeah cause he’s an innocent hunk who never murdered anyone
He might even get murdered (drowned) in pussy. Wouldn’t that be ironic?
If it’s a common enough name combo, always double check.
My dead name was a very common one. The amount of random news articles that would pop up. I don’t think I ever found a murderer, but a number of other crimes did pop up.
