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Sto caricando le informazioni... Felony Murder Rule (Mike Daley/Rosie Fernandez Mystery) (Volume 8) (edizione 2017)di Sheldon Siegel (Autore)
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Appartiene alle SerieMike Daley (8)
Mike Daley and ex-wife Rosie Fernandez stare down old demons as they return to work at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office where they started their careers and their relationship twenty years earlier. Now as co-heads of the Felony Division, they spend more time running the office and supervising younger attorneys than trying cases. that changes quickly when Mike is compelled to represent Thomas Nguyen. The high school senior was arrested under California's archaic "felony murder rule", which says you can be convicted of first degree murder if you're present when someone is killed during the course of a felony, even if you don't pull the trigger. As the evidence mounts against Thomas, it tests Mike and Rosie's legal skills and relationship. Their stress is compounded by the fact that Thomas may have a connection to Mike's older brother, Tommy, who died in Vietnam forty years earlier. Mike and Rosie face their most compelling challenge yet as they race to represent their client and try to find closure for old wounds. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyVotoMedia: (4.35)
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This story deals with two issues in the life of the unlikely duo Daley/Fernandez: (1) the "California felony murder rule", and (2) what ultimately happened to Mike's older brother Tom, whose plane was shot down in Vietnam. In case you think that the felony murder rule is confined to crazy Californians, be aware that it exists in some form in 46 states as well as in some other countries. For good reason, IMO; the general rule is that if a murder is committed in the course of a felony, it doesn't really depend on which of the perpetrators actually did the deed, they are all equally responsible. However, the law has frequently been written so that it can be applied too broadly, as is explained and demonstrated in this novel. For example, in the case in point, it can even apply if none of the perpetrators committed a murder, but one of them is killed!
As for details of this and the second issue, there are lots of other 4* reviews that you can read, and since I agree with most, I will not repeat their sentiments. To those readers/reviewers who may be skeptical that the "felony murder rule" would not apply in this case, I remind them that [a:Sheldon Siegel|69191|Sheldon Siegel|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1347308351p2/69191.jpg] is a long-practicing attorney in San Francisco. He even comments on the rule and may respond to your questions.
I would strongly encourage you not to start the series with this book unless the only thing you care about is the legal issue. (