Chris Lane was murdered as a part of a gang initiation, according to
James Johnson, the father of a boy who was also allegedly targeted by
the three youths accused of killing Mr Lane.
Police have not commented on the claim, though court
documents confirm the accused were eventually arrested in front of the
boy's home.
And yeah, we do have those gangs here; they're a serious problem.
Hey, former DPM Fischer, I have an idea: instead of playing "Let's blame the object because blaming the dirtbag is all judgemental and stuff", let's pass a measure: if you commit a murder as part of gang activity, the death penalty is the ONLY penalty allowed; how's that sound?
3 comments:
Too bad they can't get the rest of the gang. If a murder is committed during a robbery every one involved in the crime is as guilty as the actual murderer. If that were the case with gang initiations they could go clean out that whole nest of vipers.
Sounds good to me.
What spikessib said. This murder was done as an initiation rite for an aspiring gang member, then it was a conspiracy, and if joining a criminal gang is a felony, then this is felony murder. It is easily a conspiracy to commit murder because the members all know the murder is to be committed in order to join the organization they belong to. Remember, the two things for conspiracy are 1. an agreement, and 2. an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy. That overt act need not be a crime in itself, though it often is. The example given in Law School is conspiracy to commit burglary, so you, Joe, go to the hardware store and buy a crowbar to pry open windows. Joe goes and buys the crowbar and the crime is complete, even though without the agreement it is not a crime to buy crowbars. Here, there is agreement, these three go murder someone, and the overt act, unfortunately was the death of the student.
I doubt this sort of prosecution will happen, it is easier to blame the tool, we can't throw ever more members of a protected class into prison for making criminal agreements, and something in the order of the tort sued on via a class-action, it is easier to take a little freedom from a bunch of people than it is to take a lot of freedom from a few people, even if the many are innocent and the few are as guilty as sin.
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