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a sweeping & uniquely American🇺🇸 legal doctrine: felony murder, which sends thousands of people to prison for life for murders they didn't commit
“It’s truly one of the cruellest ideas in the American legal system”
#felony #murder https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/felony-murder-laws
@grrlscientist Felony murder is a great example of retributive "justice" and an object lesson in why strict liability laws that remove intent are almost never a good idea.
Given the opportunity, prosecutors will go after anyone for anything; after all, that's what they're incentivized to do.