My friend, Kevin Barnhill, who was 27 years old was killed last week by 2-3 Mexicans in Mason, OH-- stabbed 11 times and beaten with a baseball bat. They are charging the Mexicans with Complicity to Commit Murder.... What exactly is generally the sentence for this? We want to make sure these people are locked up forever, and it doesn't sound like that's going to happen. Complicity?? The definition of complicity is involvement. How could they both only get involvement. Someone has to pay for his murder! They have all of the evidence saying they did it!
2006-08-31 04:43:59 · 10 answers · asked by ~*TiNa*~ 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
i think its a mexican thing
the problem with mexicans is that they drink too much tequila.
they werent charged with murder becuase they have some sort of "hat dance" they can do to get out of these things... plus they all grow moustaches and wear the same hats so you can't tell which one really committed the crime!
and ohio seems a long way from the border without the guards catching them - it must have been speedy gonzalez.
2006-08-31 12:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Define Complicity
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What exactly is complicity to commit murder?
My friend, Kevin Barnhill, who was 27 years old was killed last week by 2-3 Mexicans in Mason, OH-- stabbed 11 times and beaten with a baseball bat. They are charging the Mexicans with Complicity to Commit Murder.... What exactly is generally the sentence for this? We want to make sure these...
2015-08-07 09:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
complicity to commit murder, a lesser complicity to reckless homicide, and tampering with evidence
2006-08-31 04:49:01 · answer #4 · answered by the ole ball and chain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your friends parents need to get a really good lawyer.
Maybe call or write the DA and voice your concern. It doesn't hurt. Even state senators can get involved. Send out a petition, maybe that might get their attention.
My friend was murdered like that at 14 years old and her murderers got the book thrown at them. I hope that just because someone is 27 doesn't make them any less eligable for justice.
2006-08-31 04:49:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a lot of legal jargon but it might help.
...the offense of complicity consists of soliciting or procuring another person to commit an offense, aiding or abetting another person in committing an offense, causing an innocent or irresponsible person to commit an offense, or conspiring with another person to commit an offense in violation of R.C. 2923.01, which defines the offense of conspiracy. A necessary element of the offense of complicity is that the actor have the kind of culpability required for the commission of the principal offense. R.C. 2923.03(A). Except in cases of attempted crimes, an offense must actually be committed before someone can be convicted as an accomplice, but it is not necessary for a principal offender to be convicted before an accomplice can be convicted. R.C. 2923.03(B)-(C); State v. Graven, 52 Ohio St. 2d 112, 369 N.E.2d 1205 (1977).
2006-08-31 04:48:59 · answer #6 · answered by mlgjst 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently it's not enough. Having a lot of evidence of a murder is one thing, but having it directly tie to the suspects is another. The prosecution soemhow feels that his case is lacking against them beause of lack of undeniable evidents that links them directly to the murder.
But they are being charged simply with accessory to murder... doesn't make sense, then someone has to be convicted for the actual murder. Makes no sense how someone can help (explicitly or implicity) murder someone that the law doesn't believe happened in the first place. If there were 2-3 people at his death, not all of them can be accessories. Someone had to have bashed his head in.
It'd also be good of you to know that the purpose of the law is not to exact revenge, so get that out of your head now because you will surely be dissapointed with whatever sentence they get. Murder or accessory.
2006-08-31 04:51:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can only charge them with CTC because not every stab wound or hit with the ball bat would have killed your friend. Since the police don't know which person actually made the final blow that killed your friend they can't charge them with Murder 1.
The good news is that CTC can still get you the same sentence as Murder 1. Using CTC is actually a good thing because by charging both with it they can get both into prison. If they tried charging both with murder 1, one of the two would walk out a free man. And quite possibly both.
Heres a possible scenario:
They tried and convicted man #1, and tried man #2 but he was found not guilty. Now Man #2 waits 6 weeks walks into the police station and says "hey, man #1 didn't kill this dude. I was the one that stabbed him and caused him to die." Now man #1 has evidence to get his conviction overturned. and Man #2 can't be tried for the same crime twice because of double Jeopardy.
So you can see how the DA is actually doing a good thing with charging both with CTC.
2006-08-31 05:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by Eagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dialup is on the right track. I am so sorry your friend died! But even so sometime even when they get the charge of it you will see that it doesnt seem to bring justice to the table. good luck!
2006-08-31 04:49:20 · answer #9 · answered by blossomingcactus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means that they don't know which one did it, although they know for sure one of them did. It also means that you're an official vigilate now.
2006-08-31 04:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by Dialup, Avatar, Jones! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋