felony murder rule


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felony murder rule

A legal doctrine in some (English) common law jurisdictions that broadens the legal ramifications of murder to include:
(1) when an offender kills accidentally or without specific intent to kill in the course of an applicable felony, manslaughter is escalated to murder; and
(2) it makes any participant in the felony criminally liable for any deaths that occur during or in furtherance of that felony.
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Particularly significant for this examination of proximate cause and the felony murder rule is Mark Alicke's study on "Culpable Causation," which he defines as "the influence of the perceived blameworthiness of an action on judgments of its causal impact on a harmful outcome.
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Part C introduces the core doctrine surrounding the felony murder rule in California.
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For the utilitarian, the use of the felony murder rule to achieve roughly the same results achievable by a more discerning inquiry is probably good enough reason to leave the felony murder rule in place.
Evil in an indifferent universe
The felony murder rule in Alabama has been codified by state statute 13A-6-2 (a)(3), which states a person is guilty of murder when "he or she commits or attempts to commit .
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Reconsidering the felony murder rule in light of modern criticisms: doesn't the conclusion depend upon the particular rule at issue?
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