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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Felony Murder" gets so abused as a charge; a lot of jurisdictions have eliminated it.  It's been used to charge people with murder when a COP shoots someone else (I'm robbing a bank, a cop shoots my co-robber, I get charged with felony murder), which seems to be nonsense.  Felony murder means that people who never intended to kill anyone, who never held a weapon, and who may not even have been in the room when someone is killed, can be charged with murder.  Why not just charge them with the actual crime they committed?[/quote]

If it's that awful why not propose eliminating it altogether then instead of restricting it to those 25 and older under the guise that those under 25 simply don't know better because their brains haven't fully developed?[/quote]

DP. I'm ok with that (but I'm not a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly). Are you ok with that?[/quote]

I'm pointing out that you're making a justification that the lawmaker advocating this bill isn't making. You're saying felony murder is unjust full stop. The lawmaker is saying felony murder is unjust only for those under 25.

Those are two different arguments.[/quote]

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