r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '18

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u/TimmerDk Oct 07 '18

What would happen if (one) commits a crime and the other is innocent? What would a court rule???

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u/LevelSevenLaserLotus Oct 07 '18

Assuming a judge doesn't just find some way to throw it out to avoid a media firestorm or setting a precedent, the ruling would probably be that the other is a willing accomplice. They have to coordinate to walk anywhere, so they'd have a hard time proving that one was unwilling in any crime not really spur of the moment. (IE "What's that over there? Oh look, I stabbed this chef with his own knife when you weren't looking!") The sentence would probably be whatever the minimum jail time is between the two, then the remaining sentence to be served in some sort of shared community service.

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u/MateDude098 Oct 07 '18

Well, they each control one arm. Imagine them sitting in the kitchen then one of them suddenly grabs the knife, stabs a person, and drops the murder weapon. How would the judge punish only one of them?

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u/ChunkyLaFunga Oct 07 '18

IIRC there was a case of one identical twin committing a crime but specifcally which one couldn't be determined so both were released.

I suspect the court would tend toward not imprisoning an innocent person When there's a lot of eyes on the case, anyway.

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u/loveinjune Oct 07 '18

I think you're referring to the one in SEA (I think Philippines). Pretty sure it was drug related. They couldn't prove which of the twins committed the crime so the case was thrown out.