You want to hold people accountable for the completely foreseeable consequences of their actions? The Left thinks that is crazy. Teen dies in apparent Amite County robbery; homeowner not charged | The Enterprise Journal
Amite County, Mississippi is on the Louisiana state line, about 35 miles from Baton Rouge. Liberty, Mississippi is about 50 miles in a straight line (roughly) north of Baton Rouge, or an hour by car.
Canaan Curtis, 17, of Gillsburg, was shot and killed outside a residence on Highway 569 just north of Liberty.
Curtis had two 16-year-old accomplices with him. They were not harmed, but they now face charges of second-degree murder.
If someone is committing a felony, and anyone dies as result of that crime, that person who was committing the crime is held responsible for the death, regardless of who pulled the trigger. In this case the crime was robbery, and the homeowner did the shooting. But the accomplices are charged with the death. This situation has different names in different jurisdictions. Most of us who aren't lawyers call if felony murder.
The names of the two accomplices were given in the article, so I take that to mean they are being charged as adults.
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