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California Supreme Court: prisoners must get lawyer when challenging convictions for killings committed by others

JURIST

1437 , which limited the scope of the “natural and probable consequences” doctrine and felony murder to prevent liability from being imposed on a person “who is not the actual killer, did not act with the intent to kill, or was not a major participant in the underlying felony who acted with reckless indifference to human life.”

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Can Trump Escape Accountability?  

The Crime Report

With the evidence already revealed by the hearings, the AG has no other choice than to prosecute Trump and his allies for a range of assorted felonies. Translated legally, this means: Did Trump lack the necessary intent to defraud the American people or was he acting in good faith? The Indefatigable Liar.