Armchair lawyers, how screwed would this guy be?

[BlkHawk]

I was watching the Following and oddly enough it inspired this topic:

You have been ********* and have a serial killer pointing a *** at you. He gives you a ***** and tells you to **** another person he has *********. If you don't he will **** you. [NOBABE]The ***[/NOBABE] on the show cried, begged, prayed, but finally ****** the other hostage.

On the plus side [NOBABE]the ***[/NOBABE] is alive, but legally just how fucked is he? ****** 1, manslaughter, etc. the serial killer filmed the whole thing, so no chance saying he did the actual stabbing.

Stupid topic I know, but I haven't ***** in 24 hours

 

[Philbert]

Crazy guy filming *******...Capital ******, with extenuating circumstances most likely to lead to Lethal *********.

Person ****** to **** victim...exonerated of all criminal actions, free to go.


Rigging a bomb to detonate when someone opens a door ******* "x" number of people and then ******* someone to open the door or die right there is still Cap ****** for the person intentionally setting up circumstances which are intend to **** others, and does.
The ******* is not guilty of anything legally indicting.

 

[HappyHapyJoyJoy]

I was watching the Following and oddly enough it inspired this topic:

You have been ********* and have a serial killer pointing a *** at you. He gives you a ***** and tells you to **** another person he has *********. If you don't he will **** you. [NOBABE]The *** [/NOBABE]on the show cried, begged, prayed, but finally ****** the other hostage.

On the plus side [NOBABE]the ***[/NOBABE] is alive, but legally just how fucked is he? ****** 1, manslaughter, etc. the serial killer filmed the whole thing, so no chance saying he did the actual stabbing.

Stupid topic I know, but I haven't ***** in 24 hours

Well, laws tends to vary place to place but generally duress/threats don't apply to ****** (I'm actually not sure if they do anywhere). So generally speaking you can't **** someone at the behest of another person, even under the threat of death. It's your job to take that bullet, you are not allowed to put your life above another's. I think this generally applies to **** too.

Though terms and meanings vary somewhat place to place first degree tends to suggest premeditation, so that's out. Second degree is generally intentional ****** without premeditation, so again probably out (since it's not your intention to **** someone, it's just your intention to not die). *********** manslaughter is more about negligence, so again probably out. So you're likely looking at voluntary manslaughter due the lack of mens rea.

 

[RASQ]

I was watching the Following and oddly enough it inspired this topic:

You have been ********* and have a serial killer pointing a *** at you. He gives you a ***** and tells you to **** another person he has *********. If you don't he will **** you. [NOBABE]The ***[/NOBABE] on the show cried, begged, prayed, but finally ****** the other hostage.

On the plus side [NOBABE]the ***[/NOBABE] is alive, but legally just how fucked is he? ****** 1, manslaughter, etc. the serial killer filmed the whole thing, so no chance saying he did the actual stabbing.

Stupid topic I know, but I haven't ***** in 24 hours

you trying to **** somebody and have someone else do it by the scenario you have given us?

 

[BlkHawk]

you trying to **** somebody and have someone else do it by the scenario you have given us?

Nah, though I have thought about becoming a cereal killer, I've had it in for Trix and that damn rabbit for quite a while now.

 

[John_8581]

Isn't the premise the same thing that Charles Manson did? The only person he actually hurt was Gary Hinman. With Hinman, Manson sliced off his ear with a U.S. Calvary *****. However, Manson didn't **** Hinman. He let Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, and Susan Atkins do that.