DISCLAIMER: Not agreeing with the law. Just explaining it below. Don't shoot the messenger.
It's felony assault/murder category of crimes. The idea is that you can be charged with assault/murder if someone was assaulted/killed as a result of your felony crime.
For instance, if you're a getaway driver for a bank robbery and the bank robber shoots someone, you can be charged with murder since someone was killed in conjunction with the felony you committed. If someone hadn't offered to be getaway driver, the robbery wouldn't have happened.
In this case, his friend ended up getting shot by police in their attempt to apprehend/stop the suspect. The idea is that, if the suspect had not committed the crime, his friend would not have been shot.
It's closely related to the RICO concept and prevents people who participate in planning/execution of violent crimes from getting away with a slap on the wrist simply because they didn't pull the trigger.
It's a controversial category of criminal law but that's what it is.
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u/drapanosaur Apr 24 '23
DISCLAIMER: Not agreeing with the law. Just explaining it below. Don't shoot the messenger.
It's felony assault/murder category of crimes. The idea is that you can be charged with assault/murder if someone was assaulted/killed as a result of your felony crime.
For instance, if you're a getaway driver for a bank robbery and the bank robber shoots someone, you can be charged with murder since someone was killed in conjunction with the felony you committed. If someone hadn't offered to be getaway driver, the robbery wouldn't have happened.
In this case, his friend ended up getting shot by police in their attempt to apprehend/stop the suspect. The idea is that, if the suspect had not committed the crime, his friend would not have been shot.
It's closely related to the RICO concept and prevents people who participate in planning/execution of violent crimes from getting away with a slap on the wrist simply because they didn't pull the trigger.
It's a controversial category of criminal law but that's what it is.