Originally Posted By: Skullworks
So...if she dies do they charge the three teenagers with murder since one of their alleged members was killed during the crime?


Maybe according to the law. Depends on what is a participant. If a person is killed by another person during the commission of a dangerous felony, then a murder has occurred. It seems pretty clear that the kids were committing a dangerous felony, therefore, if she dies they may be charged with murder. I would imagine that will depend on how the DA and previous courts view as the participants. Tough for them, but that is the law.

Title 13A-6-2(3) in the Alabama Criminal Code reads:
(3) He or she commits or attempts to commit arson in the first degree, burglary in the first or second degree, escape in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, rape in the first degree, robbery in any degree, sodomy in the first degree, any other felony clearly dangerous to human life and, in the course of and in furtherance of the crime that he or she is committing or attempting to commit, or in immediate flight there from, he or she, or another participant if there be any, causes the death of any person.

Last edited by jawbone; 04/19/12 12:19 AM.
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