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Mens Rea And The Colorado Criminal Code, Marianne Wesson
Mens Rea And The Colorado Criminal Code, Marianne Wesson
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Reflections On Felony-Murder, George P. Fletcher
Reflections On Felony-Murder, George P. Fletcher
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Of all the reforms proposed by the Model Penal Code, perhaps none has been less influential than the Model Code's recommendation on the perennial problem of felony-murder. As found in our nineteenth-century criminal codes, the rule has several variations. The basic scheme is to hold the accused liable for murder if the killing is connected in any way with the attempt to commit a felony or the flight from the scene of a felony. It does not matter whether the accused or an accomplice causes the death. Nor does it matter whether the killing occurs accidentally and non-negligently. According to …