Apr 21, 2012

Responsibility---(Updated)

     I'm not a lawyer, but in the South Alabama case of three teens charged with burglarizing a fish camp---an incident during which a fourth teen with them was shot in the head by two men who fired warning shot to scare the teens off---why are the three teens under arrest not also charged with the shooting?
     Doesn't the law say  if you are involved in a crime and someone dies as a result of it, you are charged with the death? The girl is in a coma... are prosecutors waiting to see if the girl recovers? Must there be a death for that law to apply?

     [UPDATE: Prosecutors ask the public to refrain from speculation...victim in grave condition, given only a 1% survival chance.]


[UPDATE #2: The girl who was shot has died, but prosecutors say they will not charge the men who fired the shots. Still no answer to the question of prosecuting the three boys.]

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