🚀 go-pugleaf

Cops dies, offenders are CAUGHT and charged with FELONIES, but they are out
on bond. NO MURDER CHARGES. "Justice" is a joke, in Kane County Illinois.

 Teens post bail after officer's death
The five teenagers accused of trying to burglarize St. Charles East High
School over the weekend posted bail Sunday and were released from jail,
officials said. St. Charles Police Sgt. Dan Figgins, 53, collapsed while
chasing the youths at the school early Saturday, authorities said. He later
died, and an autopsy determined he suffered a heart attack, said St. Charles
Police Chief James Lamkin. The teens, who are 17 and 18, were hit with
burglary-related charges, but nothing in connection with Figgins' death.
They posted between $2,000 and $5,000 to get out of jail, officials said.
Officers from the far west suburb will be wearing mourning bands around
their badges to honor Figgins, a veteran cop.

Felony Murder Doctrine

"n. a rule of criminal statutes that any death which occurs during the
commission of a felony is first degree murder, and all participants in that
felony or attempted felony can be charged with and found guilty of murder. A
typical example is a robbery involving more than one criminal, in which one
of them shoots, beats to death or runs over a store clerk, killing the
clerk. Even if the death were accidental, all of the participants can be
found guilty of felony murder, including those who did no harm, had no gun,
and/or did not intend to hurt anyone. In a bizarre situation, if one of the
holdup men or women is killed, his/her fellow robbers can be charged with
murder."

"A defendant may be found guilty based upon an accountability theory because
the statutory accountability provisions make a defendant criminally
responsible for a wide range of criminal acts (including murder), and there
is no sound reason to differentiate exceptionally brutal or heinous conduct
from other conduct for which a participant in a criminal endeavor may be
held criminally responsible. Ratzke, 253 Ill. App. 3d at 1066-67."