IANAL, but it appears to me that distinction does not exist in the US. Accessory to murder is the same as murder. “The U.S. Code effectively treats as principa

IANAL, but it appears to me that distinction does not exist in the US. Accessory to murder is the same as murder. “The U.S. Code effectively treats as principals those who would traditionally have been considered accessories before the fact at common law: (a) Whoever aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures the commission of an offense, is punishable as a principal. (b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense, is punishable as a principal.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term)#United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_(legal_term)#Unite...