The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 10: We’ll All Go Down Together
Page 11: Bad Things Happen
Back at the bank, there was trouble.
Bahr and other customers see the long arm of the bank manager take the guard by the shoulder
Bahr saw the manager interrupt the guard, and send the guard back to his post.
Bahr panicked, reaching for a gun to distract the guard and somehow stall for time.
Bahr pulling a pistol from his judicial robes
Bystander Holden suddenly figured out everything that was going on, but did nothing to stop it.
Man in mod pea jacket and striped slacks
HOLDEN
I hope they rob them blind!
Bahr pulled his gun, the security guard shot at Bahr, missed, and killed a baby in a stroller outside on the sidewalk.
Beyond a bullet hole in the bank window, there’s a pram with a bullet hole in the side, and a little blood leaking out.
That took a dark turn…
Boy, that escalated quickly.
what a long ass arm up there
Man, you really hate little kids
Bahr has the quite classic thug’s characteristic: poor impulse control.
Suddenly, this sounds like a law exam question.
It basically is.
And now I suppose they’re all going to get nailed with felony murder. Despite that charge being inherently unfair, disproportional with punishment (treating what should be manslaughter as equivalent to first degree murder, and setting a much lower bar to convict for it), quite possibly being unconstitutional (specifically violating the 8th and 14th amendments), and unfairly treating intent to commit a crime, such as robbery in this case, as equivalent to intent to murder. And the points I brought up are only SOME of the problems with felony murder; there’s many more.
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You like killing ’em children in these sessions of yours.