If we are going to use felony murder as a charge, we should start using it with executives who make decisions that get people killed like the Sackler family.
So the police broke a policy that was instituted to prevent people getting killed during high-speed chases, two people died, and the police officers involved suffered no consequences? Instead someone who was not even in the vehicle got life in prison?
This is a weird instance to use this law. I've only ever heard examples where the odds of killing are high, such as armed robbery. So, a getaway driver when they take the armed robber to/from the scene. If the guy ends up shooting and killing someone the driver gets charged.
I don't see how anyone could reasonably think that stealing from cars would end up with someone else being hurt or killed. They didn't even take any weapons.
Two guys breaking into cars got caught, one went quietly while the other ran, drove off, and (much later) hit some cyclists killing them. Both charged with murder.
Yup, dude created the plan and executed it, but then now I see it was his assistant that went off and committed manslaughter.
The article is written to hide his involvement in things because he's absolutely not worth any pity outside of being a victim of the US' abysmal health care system.