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[Closed] could this happen in the UK?

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Any legal bods in the house?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/20/erin-brown-faces-30-years-in-prison_n_1289555.html?1329784774&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2&pLid=137034

I was asked this question by an American friend and i really don't know the answer.


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:06 pm
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I'd say no, she'd be fine. And I'd be surprised if she is convicted in america. Driver is responsible for saying no.


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:09 pm
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seems fair to me. just like joint enterprise - you don't have to be the one who pulled the trigger/held the knife in order to be culpable.


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:11 pm
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Common enterprise?

I doubt they would be charged for murder but i suspect they would be charged with something


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:12 pm
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Thats pretty messed up. I'd say the responsibility always lies with the driver.


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:13 pm
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Nashville criminal defense attorney Joel Crim.
😆 (pity it's not Jay L Crim)


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:14 pm
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presumably they'll argue that she was too pissed to realise that he was too


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:15 pm
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What i mean is, is there any provision under English or Scottish law for her to be charged with an offense?


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:15 pm
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Being charged is different to being convicted . Here I assume you could be charged with manslaughter but i'd be surprised if it resulted in a conviction . I had a client charged with aid and abet causing death by dangerous driving . He was the passenger allegedly giving his wife a driving lesson that went horribly and tragically wrong . I could not see how he would be convicted and indeed the cps dropped the case .


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:16 pm
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No chance because over here it is an offenCe 😉


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:18 pm
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C------------ off Junky 😛

So there is no comparable charge that could be levelled against her in the UK?


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:21 pm
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😀

TBH I dont know but I am interested to know.


 
Posted : 22/02/2012 8:25 pm