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Multiple Life Sentences for Minor in Police Shooting He did not Participate in. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

The thing that's fucked is not the idea of chains of causation. Courts deal with that all the time.

The fucked up part about felony murder in many states is that it bypasses mens rea or intent elements and jumps straight to murder 1 sentencing.