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Interesting that German authorities are considering treating the death as a homicide. The US has the felony murder doctrine where a death that occurs during the
by Zanni 6y ago
Interesting that German authorities are considering treating the death as a homicide. The US has the felony murder doctrine where a death that occurs during the commission of a felony is automatically considered first degree murder. [0] Germany doesn't have that, but does bump up the penalties for certain specific "crimes with deadly outcome." [1]
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/felony_murder_doctrine https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/felony_murder_doctrine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_German_law#Crimes_with_deadly_outcome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_German_law#Crimes_wi...
- lionkor 6y agoi see why though, as it wasnt the intent to kill, but happened, like with negligence