Can 3 people be charched with the same crime if they know only one person commited the crime?
i know 3 people that are being charged with a crime but only one person did it..can they all recieve life in prison?
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If three people plan a crime together, that is then committed by one person, all three are guilty of conspiracy.
As it was explained to me by a judge (I was on a jury at the time), suppose you and I decide to rob a bank. I drive you to the bank and sit outside in the car while you go inside, and let's say you end up shooting someone. I get a ticket for illegal parking. But because it was a conspiracy, I am also guilty of murder and you are also guilty of illegal parking.
Yes, since the commission of the crime was occuring and if the other two had willful knowledge of the crime without stopping the crime. They'd probably receive a lesser degree, but nonetheless they can be charged for it.
If they cooperated to commit the crime or assisted one another then yes. Otherwise this is sometimes a tactic used to get one or two of the people to testify against the third. Consider that an attorney representing one of those people has a built in defense if one is found guilty. Obviously that would mean there is a reasonable doubt that her client committed the crime.
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Definately yes. One of the person was invovled in the crime and the other two have conspired to conceal the truth or evidences which makes it a fit case for punishment(severity of which depends on the nature of offense). But life long imprisionment would only come to the other two when they abetted/encouraged/roused the person committing the crime. In that case all three would be treated the same way.
That all depends on the specifics of the case. If they can prove that 1 of the people actually did it and the other 2 only had a small part in it they can still receive charges of conspiracy for being an accomplice. their sentence might not be as severe, but they will get some type of punishment.
One person has to take all the blame.
Yes, in three different ways.
First, they could all be charged as principles and/or accomplices -- only one needs to actually have done it if the other two helped.
Second, same for conspiracy. If there was an agreement to commit the crime, all three could be held liable even if only one actually did it.
Third, and least common, but possible -- the three could be charged in the alternative. But only one could be convicted under this approach.
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