The "felony murderr rule is medieval in its nastiness. It's been stamped out in every English-speaking country–except the US.
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar I taught the statute at the University of Melbourne twice a year...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @kevinjonheller
@ChMadar Me, too. It was just called felony murder until the late 50s, when the common-law crime was replaced by statute.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@kevinjonheller You know of anywhere else in the Anglosphere it's still operative, by statute or common-law?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar Looks like New Zealand still has a form of it, as well. (A strange one. Crimes Act 1961, ss 167, 168.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @ChaseMadar
@ChMadar By the way, where’s the (inaccurate) quote from?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@kevinjonheller Oh that was just me talkin'! But I pulled the non-fact from this study, end of very first graf: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/malani.pdf …
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