The Law - Oddities and Facts

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... “I did so because he was not as culpable as the others,” said Mr. Rimmer, the prosecutor.

Mr. Holle, who rejected the deal, has spent some time thinking about the felony murder rule.

“The laws that they use to convict people are just — they have to revise them,” he said. “Just because I lent these guys my car, why should I be convicted the same as these people that actually went to the scene of the crime and actually committed the crime?”

Mr. Rimmer sounded ambivalent on this point.

“Whether or not the felony murder rule can result in disproportionate justice is a matter of opinion,” Mr. Rimmer said. “The father of Jessica Snyder does not think so.”

I know I am probably wrong, but the prosecutor using the bereaved father's judgement as a valid opinion is highly inappropriate to me. If it's my daughter that is killed they all ought to be hung, but the justice system is supposed to look at justice through (basically) unbiased eyes. (Seeing as how it was the parents' stash they were after), maybe the father might look a little at himself and his wife.(pretty hard to do I am sure)