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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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