|
Vocapedia >
USA > Police, Law, Justice > Charges
> Felony
Why Did I Serve 16
Years for Murder When I Didn't Kill Anyone? | NYT Opinion
The New York Times 22 July 2019
In 2003,
Adnan Khan
committed a robbery
in which one of
his accomplices unexpectedly killed their victim.
The prosecutors,
judge and jury all agreed
Khan did not plan
or commit the murder.
Yet he was still
sentenced as if he had
— and given a life
sentence.
The reason is the
felony murder rule,
an arcane piece of
legal doctrine that allows
all accomplices to
be held equally responsible
for deaths that
happen in the committing of a felony.
Researchers
estimate
as many as one in
five people
serving long life
sentences
did not actually
kill anyone.
In this video
Op-Ed,
Khan argues that
it is time
for the felony
murder rule
to be changed in
every state,
as it was in
California last year.
One of the basic
principles of a fair justice system
is that you are
punished for the crimes you commit,
not those
committed by other people.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=jKGy8TlGMDI
sheriff’s office
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/
felony-charges-for-2-girls-in-suicide-of-bullied-12-year-old-rebecca-sedwick.html
probable cause affidavit
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/
felony-charges-for-2-girls-in-suicide-of-bullied-12-year-old-rebecca-sedwick.html
arrest
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/
felony-charges-for-2-girls-in-suicide-of-bullied-12-year-old-rebecca-sedwick.html
Michigan > felonies >
be charged
with involuntary
manslaughter
and misconduct in
office over N
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/14/
532902398/michigan-health-chief-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-for-flint-water-cris
felony murder rule,
an arcane piece of
legal doctrine
that allows all
accomplices
to be held equally
responsible
for deaths that
happen
in the committing of
a felony.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/
opinion/felony-murder-rule-adnan-khan.html
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=jKGy8TlGMDI -
NYT - 22 July 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/
opinion/felony-murder-rule-adnan-khan.html
be charged
with
second-degree felony kidnapping
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-03-
kidnapped-bride_x.htm
be charged
with
aggravated stalking,
a third-degree felony
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/
felony-charges-for-2-girls-in-suicide-of-bullied-12-year-old-rebecca-sedwick.html
felony charges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/18/
925198663/black-man-serving-life-sentence-for-stealing-hedge-clippers-granted-parole
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/
923844907/when-shoplifting-is-a-felony-retailers-back-harsher-penalties-for-store-theft
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/
732730429/possessing-marijuana-in-prison-is-not-a-felony-california-court-says
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/
679882182/actor-kevin-spacey-faces-felony-charges-for-alleged-sexual-assault
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/
business/dealbook/5-big-banks-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-felony-charges-
but-punishments-may-be-tempered.html
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1648555/state-v-bryant/ - December 6,
2000
felonies
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/14/
532902398/michigan-health-chief-charged-with-involuntary-manslaughter-for-flint-water-cris
felonies
> stealing a pair of hedge clippers,
armed
robbery of a cab driver,
stealing
merchandise from a store,
forging
a check for $150,
stealing
property from somebody's home
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/18/
925198663/black-man-serving-life-sentence-for-stealing-hedge-clippers-granted-parole
be charged
with 14
felony counts of sexual abuse of children
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-03-
wanted-professor_x.htm
be charged with felony sex crime
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/30/
461482697/bill-cosby-is-charged-with-aggravated-indecent-assault-
in-philadelphia-area-case
be charged with
felonies
including armed violence, home invasion and kidnapping
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-09-08-
police-charges_x.htm
hoax > file
felony charges against N
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/us/
19balloon.html
be charged with
two felonies
— money laundering
in support of terrorism
and soliciting or
providing support
for acts of terrorism —
and misdemeanor falsification
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-08-12-
terror-michigan_x.htm
be charged
with
felony accomplice rape of a minor
Louisiana
"habitual offender" law
for
people with multiple felony convictions
habitual
offender laws
- also
known colloquially as "three-strikes laws."
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/18/
925198663/black-man-serving-life-sentence-for-stealing-hedge-clippers-granted-parole
felon
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/
923844907/when-shoplifting-is-a-felony-retailers-back-harsher-penalties-for-store-theft
Related > Anglonautes >
Vocapedia
violence, abuse, prostitution,
sexual violence, rape,
kidnapping, crime, police,
arrest, investigation, custody > USA
U.S. Constitution,
U.S. Supreme Court,
State Supreme Courts
justice, law > USA
justice, law > death penalty > USA
prison, jail > USA
justice > courtroom artists
/ miscarriage of justice > UK / USA
Related > Anglonautes > Documents
Historical
documents > USA
|