Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jan. 7, 2009
Cruel Intentions
Modifying the felony-murder rule may prevent some homicides, and punish the rest more fairly, writes Mitchell Keiter. - Focus Column
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By Mitchell Keiter This year marks the 40th anniversary of People v. Ireland, 70 Cal.2d 522 (1969). The case restricted the felony-murder rule, which ordinarily deems as first-degree murder a homicide committed during an enumerated felony, or second-degree if committed during another, "inherently dangerous" felony. Ireland made sense based on its facts and then-extant law, but its distinctive facts and subsequent legal developm...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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