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Now I can see enhanced charges for murder in the commission of a felony (guy who kills while committing a rape, robbery etc) , but "felony murder" seems like a punishment for having bad friends.

I could also see charges for "felony murder" but certainly not a death sentence etc....Maybe 10-20 years, because you really are punishing someone for making bad decisions and having bad friends.


In 1972, I was around a "crime scene" one time and I didn't know it and/or too young to comprehend it. We were at a party and there was a neighbor girl who had runaway there. She was drunk and high and asking guys to "do it" with her. We left around 11. She claimed she was raped later in the evening. We got blamed. The guys who raped her got off. I was 16. The girl was 15-14. The guys all got off because they were 18 and knew better than to talk to the cops. So they picked on these young girls who would had been at the party earlier. They also knew our parents would haul us in.

I literally asked the cop, "Why aren't you going after the guys?".
Cop: "We can't. They're adults and know their rights. So, we're going after you".

What they did in the course of questioning was ask us if alcohol was served. I said yes, but told them I wasn't drinking (I was, but only had one beer) and guess what? I was automatically "guilty" of drinking underage.


Nothing ever happened to the guys.