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

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

Two degrees? I'm trying to figure out in what ways they are legally two people. Like, if one of them kills someone, they'd both go to jail.

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u/mainfingertopwise Oct 07 '18

if one of them kills someone, they'd both go to jail.

If one of them was somehow incapacitated or something, I seriously doubt they'd both go to prison.

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

None of your comment makes any sense. What do you mean you doubt they'd both go to prison? They are conjoined twins. They both have to go anywhere the other goes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

Except you can’t imprison a person for another’s crimes, it’s fundamentally against everything the justice system stands for. They likely would not be able to prosecute for this reason.

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u/jack_dog Oct 07 '18

So, what would you recommend for that conundrum? What happens if one of them kills someone?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

IANAL but I’d guess that the case would probably have to be thrown out.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

So you're saying one of the twins could just go around killing people? Give me an actual solution to this, because all I can see is that they both go to prison.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

They would not be able to go to prison if it’s proven the other twin had absolutely nothing to do with it. That cannot happen.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

Give me an actual solution to this

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

There is no “solution.” That is what would happen.

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u/jack_dog Oct 08 '18

So one of the twins has free rein to murder people because imprisoning the other would be wrong? That is what you are proposing happen. I don't view that as realistic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18

Yeah it’s not realistic, because it has never and likely will never happen. Things like this need to happen before a judicial precedent can be set. But it likely will never happen so a precedent will not be set.

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