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>> Sreenivasan: LAST MONTH, IN

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LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUST

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NORTH OF CHICAGO, SIX TEENAGERS

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ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO BREAK INTO A

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CAR.

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THE OWNER SHOT AND KILLED ONE OF

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THEM, A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY.

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THE STORY HAS GARNERED A LOT OF

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PRESS IN ILLINOIS, AND NOT JUST

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BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY, BUT

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BECAUSE THE FIVE OTHER TEENS

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WERE ALL CHARGED WITH THE BOY'S

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MURDER.

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HOW COULD THIS BE?

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NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S MEGAN

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THOMPSON TAKES A LOOK AT THE

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LITTLE-KNOWN LEGAL STATUTE

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BEHIND THE CASE.

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A WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS

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IMAGES SOME VIEWERS MIGHT FIND

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DISTURBING.

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>> Reporter: ON THE MORNING OF

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015, FIVE

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TEENAGERS DROVE TO THE END OF A

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QUIET STREET IN MILLBROOK,

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ALABAMA, ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH

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OF MONTGOMERY.

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THE TEENS, WHO WERE ARMED, BROKE

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INTO AN EMPTY HOUSE, STEALING

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ELECTRONICS AND MONEY, THEN WENT

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UP THE BLOCK TO ANOTHER EMPTY

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HOME.

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A SUSPICIOUS NEIGHBOR CALLED

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911.

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>> WELL, I THINK WE GOT THEM

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BLOCKED OFF RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE

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STILL THERE.

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>> Reporter: TWO MILLBROOK

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POLICE OFFICERS SOON ARRIVED.

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ONE WENT IN THE FRONT, AND THE

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OTHER ALONG THE SIDE.

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GUNFIRE BROKE OUT.

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(<i>GUNFIRE</i>)

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AS THE SECOND OFFICER RAN

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TOWARDS THE BACKYARD, ONE OF THE

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TEENS, 16-YEAR-OLD A'DONTE

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WASHINGTON, CAME THROUGH A BACK

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GATE CARRYING A GUN.

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(<i>GUNFIRE</i>)

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THE OFFICER HIT WASHINGTON THREE

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TIMES.

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HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

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ANDRE WASHINGTON IS A'DONTE'S

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FATHER.

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>> A GOOD, GOOD SON.

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A GOOD CHILD.

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>> Reporter: WASHINGTON

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REMEMBERS HIS SON AS A QUIET KID

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WHO DREAMED OF PLAYING FOOTBALL

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FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

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>> FULL OF ENERGY WHEN HE WAS

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REAL YOUNG, JUST FULL OF ENERGY.

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AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE WANT TO...

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WANTED TO GO TO, LIKE, THE

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FLORIDA GATORS.

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>> Reporter: AS THE SHOCK OF HIS

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SON'S DEATH SUNK IN, WASHINGTON

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LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE SHOCKING.

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THOUGH NONE HAD PULLED THE

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TRIGGER, THE FOUR OTHER TEENS AT

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THE HOUSE WERE ALL BEING CHARGED

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NOT JUST WITH BURGLARY AND

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THEFT, BUT WITH MURDER-- THE

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MURDER OF A'’DONTE WASHINGTON.

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>> IT'’S... IT'’S... IT'’S CRAZY.

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>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THE

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OTHER BOYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

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A'’DONTE'’S DEATH?

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>> NO.

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NO.

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>> Reporter: IN ALABAMA, A

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MURDER CONVICTION CAN BRING A

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SENTENCE OF UP TO 99 YEARS.

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THREE OF THE TEENS TOOK PLEA

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DEALS.

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THE FOURTH, LAKEITH SMITH, WAS

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OFFERED 25 YEARS, BUT HE

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REJECTED IT AND TOOK HIS CASE TO

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COURT.

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C.J. ROBINSON IS THE CHIEF

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DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR

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ALABAMA'’S 19th CIRCUIT.

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HE DIDN'’T PULL THE TRIGGER.

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HE DIDN'’T KILL ANYBODY.

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SO,<i>HOW</i>CAN HE POSSIBLY BE

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CHARGED WITH MURDER?

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>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT

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QUESTION, AND, YOU KNOW, TO

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ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YOU REALLY

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HAVE TO LOOK AT ALABAMA LAW.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THAT LAW IS

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ON THE BOOKS AND HOW IT'S

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APPLIED IN ALABAMA, IT GOES TO

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THE FORESEEABLE FACTOR, ALL

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RIGHT.

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>> Reporter: IN ALABAMA, THE LAW

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SAYS ALL SUSPECTS CAN BE CHARGED

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WITH MURDER IF A DEATH OCCURS

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DURING A FELONY THAT'S "CLEARLY

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DANGEROUS TO HUMAN LIFE."

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ANOTHER LEGAL STANDARD USED IS

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THAT THE DEATH WAS FORESEEABLE.

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>> "DO I THINK, WHEN I BREAK

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INTO THIS HOUSE, AN OFFICER IS

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GOING TO COME RUNNING IN, AND

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WE'RE GOING TO GET IN A

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GUNFIGHT?"

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IS THAT FORESEEABLE?

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YES.

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>> Reporter: ROBINSON ALSO BASED

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HIS DECISION ON THE FACT THAT

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THE GROUP WAS CHARGED IN OTHER

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CRIMES IN MONTGOMERY IN THE 36

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HOURS BEFORE WASHINGTON WAS

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KILLED.

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ONE DEFENDANT PLED GUILTY TO

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MURDER.

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CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING AND

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ROBBERY ARE STILL PENDING

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AGAINST LAKEITH SMITH.

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>> WHEN YOU'RE ENGAGING IN A

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SERIES OF THE MOST DANGEROUS

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BEHAVIOR THAT'S OUT THERE, THE

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QUESTION FOR US WAS, IS IT

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FORESEEABLE THAT SOMEONE COULD

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DIE BASED OFF THESE FIVE YOUNG

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MEN'’S CONDUCT?

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OUR ANSWER WAS, ABSOLUTELY.

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>> Reporter: ALABAMA'S LAW IS

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BASED ON SOMETHING CALLED THE

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"FELONY MURDER RULE," A

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CENTURIES-OLD LEGAL CONCEPT.

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STEVEN DRIZIN IS A CLINICAL

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PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN

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UNIVERSITY'S PRITZKER SCHOOL OF

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LAW.

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>> SO, IN ITS PUREST FORM, THE

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FELONY MURDER RULE MEANS THAT IF

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YOU COMMIT A FELONY, AND, DURING

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THE COURSE OF THAT FELONY

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SOMEBODY DIES, YOU CAN BE

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CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE

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MURDER-- THE MOST SERIOUS CRIME

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ON OUR STATUTE BOOKS-- EVEN IF

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YOU DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL THE

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PERSON WHO DIED, EVEN IF THE

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DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL.

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>> Reporter: 42 STATES HAVE SOME

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FORM OF A FELONY MURDER RULE,

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AND IT'S INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY

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IN EACH.

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IN SOME CASES, IT'S BEEN USED TO

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CHARGE ACCOMPLICES WITH MURDER.

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SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF TWO PEOPLE

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ROB A STORE AND ONE OF THEM

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KILLS THE CLERK, BOTH OF THEM

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ARE CHARGED WITH MURDER.

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THE IDEA IS, EVERYONE INVOLVED

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IN A FELONY SHOULD BE HELD

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ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE

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CONSEQUENCES.

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BUT SOME STATES INTERPRET FELONY

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MURDER MORE BROADLY.

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IN RARE CASES, IF THE<i>CLERK</i>

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KILLS ONE OF THE ROBBERS, THE

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OTHER ROBBER IS CHARGED WITH

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MURDER.

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TAKE THE CASE OF JUSTIN DOYLE IN

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ILLINOIS.

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IN 2008, DOYLE, 15 AND UNARMED,

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SET OUT TO ROB A HOME WITH THREE

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OTHER BOYS.

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THEY THOUGHT IT WAS EMPTY.

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A PERSON STAYING THERE SHOT AND

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KILLED ONE TEEN, TRAVIS CASTLE.

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THE OTHER THREE WERE CHARGED

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WITH CASTLE'’S MURDER.

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FACED WITH A POSSIBLE 60-YEAR

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SENTENCE, DOYLE, WHO GOT A

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TATTOO TO MEMORIALIZE CASTLE,

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PLED GUILTY TO HOME INVASION AND

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INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND WAS

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LIKELY TO GET OUT OF PRISON IN

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15 YEARS.

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STEVEN DRIZIN GOT DOYLE'S

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SENTENCE COMMUTED BY THE

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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR.

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>> MOST PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY

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THE NOTION THAT TEENAGERS WHO

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WANT TO COMMIT A BURGLARY CAN BE

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CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER OR

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FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

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THE PUNISHMENT IS JUST MUCH TOO

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HARSH FOR THE CRIMINAL

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CULPABILITY.

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>> Reporter: I WANT TO ASK YOU

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ABOUT WHY THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE

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TOOL TO USE: IF YOU ARE OUT TO

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COMMIT A CRIME, WHATEVER IT MAY

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BE, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR WHATEVER

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CONSEQUENCES ARISE?

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>> THE ANSWER TO THAT ARGUMENT

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IS... IS, YOU PUNISH THE BURGLAR

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WITH THE HIGHER RANGE OF

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SENTENCES FOR THE BURGLARY.

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YOU DON'T PUNISH SOMEONE FOR

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CRIMES THEY NEITHER INTENDED OR

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COMMITTED.

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>> Reporter: BACK IN ALABAMA,

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EVEN THOUGH LAKEITH SMITH WAS 15

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AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTINGS, HE

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WAS TRIED IN ADULT COURT.

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BRONTINA SMITH IS LAKEITH'S

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MOTHER.

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YOUR SON WAS OFFERED A DEAL.

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>> HE WAS.

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>> Reporter: PLEA DEAL.

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HE DID NOT TAKE IT.

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>> DID NOT.

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>> Reporter: WHY NOT?

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>> THAT WAS MY SON'S THING.

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HE WAS LIKE, "I DIDN'T KILL

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ANYBODY.

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LIKE, WHY... WHY AM I ADMITTING

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TO A MURDER THAT I KNOW I...

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I... I DIDN'T COMMIT?"

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THE COP KILLED HIM.

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>> Reporter: THAT COP WAS

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CLEARED OF WRONGDOING.

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LAKEITH SMITH'S TRIAL TOOK PLACE

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IN 2018 IN RURAL ELMORE COUNTY,

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NORTH OF MONTGOMERY.

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AN ALL-WHITE JURY FOUND HIM

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GUILTY OF BURGLARY, THEFT AND

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MURDER.

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>> YOU JUST DON'T GET IT, DO

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YOU?

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>> Reporter: AND THE JUDGE,

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ANNOYED AT WHAT HE CLAIMED WAS

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SMITH'S DISRESPECTFUL DEMEANOR,

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SENTENCED HIM TO 65 YEARS IN

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PRISON.

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WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN

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YOU HEARD "65 YEARS"?

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>> IT WAS MALICE.

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IT'S LIKE, "IF YOU DON'T DO WHAT

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I WANT YOU TO DO, I'M GOING TO

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SHOW YOU."

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>> Reporter: HE DID COMMIT A

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CRIME.

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>> HE DID, AND HE SHOULD HAVE

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GOT THE PROPER TIME FOR THE

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CRIME THAT HE COMMITTED, THE

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BURGLARY AND THE STOLEN

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PROPERTY.

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SO, 65 YEARS ON A YOUNG GUY, 15,

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WHO DIDN'T KILL NO ONE?

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DIDN'T KILL NO ONE AND DIDN'T

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SHOOT AT NO ONE?

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ALABAMA.

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YEP.

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>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO

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CRITICS OF THIS?

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THEY SAY, "WE SHOULDN'T BE

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CHARGING... BRINGING THIS CHARGE

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IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT."

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WHAT DO YOU SAY?

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>> I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WHO MAY

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NOT UNDERSTAND THE LAW OR MAY

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WANT THE LAW TO BE DIFFERENT.

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YOU KNOW, IF THE SUPREME COURT

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SAYS, "IT'S GOT TO BE THIS WAY,"

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THEN I WILL GLADLY APPLY THE LAW

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THAT WAY.

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>> Reporter: BACK IN ILLINOIS,

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AN INVESTIGATION IN 2016 BY THE

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"CHICAGO READER" FOUND TEN CASES

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OVER THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS OF

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KILLINGS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT

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LED TO FELONY MURDER CHARGES.

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ONE CASE WAS THAT OF TEVIN

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LOUIS.

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>> I'LL PULL IN OVER HERE SO YOU

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CAN SEE.

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>> Reporter: FEMI SOYODE WAS

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TEVIN LOUIS'’ ATTORNEY.

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IN 2012, WHEN LOUIS WAS 19, HE

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AND MARQUISE SAMPSON, HIS CLOSE

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FRIEND SINCE CHILDHOOD, ROBBED A

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SANDWICH SHOP ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH

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SIDE.

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>> MR. SAMPSON CAME OUT OF KING

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GYRO, AND THEN THEY RAN ACROSS

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THE STREET.

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AND COINCIDENTALLY, AN OFFICER

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JUST HAPPENED TO SEE HIM RUNNING

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ACROSS THE STREET HOLDING HIS

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WAISTBAND.

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AND THE OFFICER JUST, BOOM,

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STARTED CHASING HIM ALL

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THROUGHOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS

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RIGHT OVER HERE.

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MR. LOUIS WENT THE OPPOSITE WAY,

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THIS WAY, SOUTHBOUND.

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>> Reporter: THE OFFICER SHOT

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AND KILLED SAMPSON.

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HE STATED LATER THAT SAMPSON HAD

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A GUN.

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>> I WAS DOWN THE STREET, YEAH.

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I HEARD THE GUNSHOTS.

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I WAS DOWN THE STREET.

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>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH LOUIS

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WAS DOWN THE STREET, HE WAS

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CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS

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FRIEND.

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HE SPOKE TO US FROM PRISON.

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>> YEAH, IT WAS SHOCKING.

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IT WAS... IT WAS CRUSHING.

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LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

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ESPECIALLY THE FACTOR PLAYING IN

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THAT HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF

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MINE, HE WAS MY BROTHER.

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>> Reporter: SOYODE SAYS HE SEES

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FELONY MURDER USED OFTEN IN

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CASES WHEN IT'S ONE OF THE

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FELONS WHO'S COMMITTED A

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KILLING.

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>> MY THOUGHTS ON FELONY MURDER

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IS, THE<i>IDEA</i>BEHIND IT I'M

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ACTUALLY NOT OPPOSED TO.

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>> Reporter: BUT IN A CASE LIKE

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LOUIS', SOYODE FEELS THE

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PUNISHMENT DOESN'T FIT THE

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CRIME.

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HE ROUTINELY SEES FIRST-TIME

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OFFENDERS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY,

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LIKE LOUIS, TAKE PLEA DEALS AND

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SERVE ONLY A FEW YEARS IN

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PRISON.

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LOUIS REFUSED A DEAL THAT WOULD

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HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO PLEAD

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GUILTY TO HIS BEST FRIEND'S

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MURDER.

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A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF BOTH

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ROBBERY AND MURDER.

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HE RECEIVED A 20-YEAR SENTENCE

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THAT HE MUST SERVE IN ITS

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ENTIRETY.

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>> THE FACT THAT MR. LOUIS IS

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DOING 20 YEARS IS MIND BOGGLING.

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AND FOR THAT REASON, I KNOW

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THERE'S A... THERE'S A ISSUE

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WITH FELONY MURDER BECAUSE THAT

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JUST SHOULDN'’T BE.

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>> Reporter: THE OFFICER,

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MEANWHILE, WAS CLEARED OF

10:07.473 --> 10:08.874 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100%
WRONGDOING.

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IN RECENT YEARS, CHICAGO HAS HAD

10:10.743 --> 10:12.244 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100%
SOME OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF

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SHOOTINGS BY POLICE OFFICERS OF

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ANY LARGE CITY.

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FEMI SOYODE SAYS A FELONY MURDER

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CHARGE LIKE TEVIN LOUIS' ADDS TO

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HIS COMMUNITY'’S DISTRUST OF THE

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POLICE.

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>> IT JUST FURTHER REITERATES

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WHAT PEOPLE ALREADY FEEL ABOUT

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LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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AND NOT ONLY DOES IT REINFORCE

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IT, IT TAKES IT TO A NEW LEVEL.

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>> Reporter: IT'S DIFFICULT TO

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KNOW HOW OFTEN PROSECUTORS USE

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FELONY MURDER IN THE U.S., BUT

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ONE REPORT STATES THAT NEARLY

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20% OF MURDER CONVICTIONS ARE

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BASED ON FELONY MURDER.

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>> I THINK THE FELONY MURDER

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RULE CAUSES PEOPLE TO PLEAD

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GUILTY TO CRIMES THAT THEY

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DIDN'T COMMIT, TO AVOID

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EXTREMELY HARSH SENTENCES.

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I THINK IT'S A BIG PART OF MASS

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INCARCERATION.

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>> Reporter: IN RESPONSE TO THE

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2016 INVESTIGATION BY THE

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"CHICAGO READER," THE OFFICE OF

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ANITA ALVAREZ, COOK COUNTY

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STATE'S ATTORNEY AT THE TIME,

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TOLD THE PAPER:

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THE CURRENT STATE'S ATTORNEY,

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KIMBERLY FOXX, CAME TO OFFICE IN

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LATE 2016.

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HER OFFICE SAID IN A STATEMENT

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THAT WHEN DECIDING TO CHARGE

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FELONY MURDER, IT CONDUCTS AN

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ADDITIONAL REVIEW THAT CONSIDERS

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"THE OFFENDER'S ROLE" AND

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"CONDUCT DURING THE COMMISSION

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OF THE UNDERLYING FELONY,

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WHETHER HE WAS ARMED OR

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DISCHARGED A WEAPON, AND IF HE

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HAS A PREVIOUS CRIMINAL

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HISTORY."

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FOXX HAS NOT USED FELONY MURDER

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TO PROSECUTE IN CASES OF

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SHOOTINGS BY THE POLICE.

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BUT THE RULE IS STILL ON THE

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BOOKS IN ILLINOIS, AS IT IS IN

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ALABAMA, WHERE LAKEITH SMITH IS

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NOW SERVING HIS 65-YEAR

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SENTENCE.

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>> I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT

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PARTICULAR LAW.

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IT JUST DOESN'’T MAKE SENSE.

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>> Reporter: BRONTINA SMITH SAYS

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HER SON PLANS TO APPEAL HIS

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MURDER CONVICTION.