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A2: In CA, the felony murder rule states that when 2+ people are accused of committing a crime, all parties are held equally accountable for unintended harm caused during the commission of that crime, whether or not they were directly involved #AbolishFelonyMurder

A2: Prosecutors use almost any interaction between a person accused of being an “accomplice” & a person accused of killing someone to charge both people w/murder. Therefore, DV survivors are particularly vulnerable to this law. #AbolishFelonyMurder #SurvivedAndPunished

A2: For ex, in states w/ the felony murder rule, if an abusive person tragically kills a child in a DV context, the survivor is not only vulnerable to being charged with “failure to protect" (already terrible), they can also be directly charged with murder. #AbolishFelonyMurder

A2: In Tammy Garvin’s case, her abuser killed another person in the context of sex trafficking Tammy, and Tammy was convicted of felony murder because she drove him to the scene of the robbery. #FreeTammyGarvin #AbolishFelonyMurder #SurvivedAndPunished #MeToo #BlackLivesMatter

A2: DV also creates conditions of poverty. DV survivor, Barbara Chavez, was desperately trying to feed/shelter her children, and therefore felt forced to provide a ride in a robbery where she thought no one would get hurt. #FreeBarbaraChavez #SurvivedAndPunished

A2: Tragically, someone was fatally shot in the robbery by someone other than Barbara, but she was still charged w/felony murder. Punishing ppl, esp DV surv's, for trying to secure resources needed to survive is criminalization of survival. #FreeBarbaraChavez #AbolishFelonyMurder