A World Without War. This time last year, I was in my senior year of undergrad counting down the days until graduation. Feeling burnt out, I was struggling to get through my course load and reach the finish line. But.
Last January, Illinois legislators changed the state s felony murder statute as part of the landmark criminal justice reform bill known as the SAFE-T Act. But it didn t apply the reform retroactively.
The felony murder rule allows prosecutors to bring murder charges against anyone who participates in committing certain felonies if a death happens during the crime. The doctrine applies even if