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   "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
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   >>> "Dano"  wrote:   
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   >>>> "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>> "trag"  wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Mar 30, 4:03 pm, "Dano"  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Jonathan?  Do you mean Daniel Graystone?  Zoe's dad?  I don't find   
   >>>>>>> him even   
   >>>>>>> a bit sympathetic.   
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   >>> He ordered the theft of a computer chip.  He in no way sanctioned murder   
   >>> as part of that theft.  The murder part of the process came from the   
   >>> Adama link to the theft.   
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   >> If US law applied, as a conspirator (to steal the chip), Greystone could   
   >> be guilty of murder under the felony murder rule.   
   >   
   > Agreed.  From a legal standpoint, Graystone could be charged with the   
   > murder even though he did not request it or sanction it in any way.   
      
   That's a bit of a silly law, isn't it?  "I'd really like an ice-cream   
   sundae."  "Okay, here ya go.  I was short on money so I had to kill the   
   proprietor of the olde shoppe.  Oh, if the badges knock on your door, it's   
   just to take you into custody for putting a chain of events into action   
   which eventually led to murder."   
      
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