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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is in fact against the law [b]to fail to report [/b]a felony, any felony, anywhere. Failure to report a felony is called "misprision" and it  is a common law crime in Virginia and everywhere else, although it is rarely used. The most recent mention of it in a Virginia court case was in 2006 in relation to someone pleading the 5th, but is still good law. It is a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2500 fine.

From a legal blog:

Concealment in this case, does not mean actively hiding something. Instead, as is made clearer in the section on misprision of treason, this type of concealment is merely a failure to report as soon as possible.

This concealment becomes criminal if the party apprised of the [act] does not as soon as conveniently may be reveal it to some judge of assize or justice of the peace.[/quote]

need a subject here - for whom to report? The victim, someone who “heard” about it?  I read the RS article so am I now on the hook to report the felony?[/quote]

Do you know the boys names? Did you delete texts from them? Remember the Boston bombers friend who saw it on the news and threw away a backpack of his.

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