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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   "catpandaddy"  wrote:   
      
   > "Obveeus"  wrote:   
      
   >> "Apple2Steward"  wrote:   
   >>> 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."   
      
   If the person that wants the ice-cream tells the other person to steal it,   
   then yes, the resulting murder can be charged back to them.  Just asking for   
   an ice-cream is not the same as asking for the ice-cream to be stolen.   
      
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