Do you all think this is rightfully a crime? I mean, do they really expect people (although some do) to turn in their own relatives? A search warrant to search their house is fine. But to charge them with a crime? Are they unfairly "making" people commit crimes? What do you think?
2007-05-08 08:38:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
1) I know it's a crime, I'm asking whether it SHOULD be a crime.
2) All great answers
3) So, if your own sibling or parent is a fugitive (who claim they are innocent, naturally - and you believe them and say facing the death penalty) you would turn them away?
4) and no. I'm not speaking from experience. Just a random thought that popped in my head.
2007-05-08 08:49:12 · update #1
5) What I meant by "making you commit a crime" is that if the law was unfair, by making it into a law, they are making you commit a crime because you feel you have no choice but to commit the deed otherwise.
6) Wow. A unanimous decision. I'll try to think of a more difficult question next time.
2007-05-08 08:59:51 · update #2
They always take into consideration if the felon was harbored by relatives. Usually relatives just give money and/or feed the person and then tells him to go on his way.**
2007-05-08 08:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by ★Spotter★ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-10 08:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being an accessory to justice is not a crime. Obstructing justice is a crime. Hence harboring a fugitive of the law knowingly is a crime.
I would turn in my relative if they are a clear threat to others (ie. paedophiles, sex offenders) and they obviously broke the law - human and God's.
2007-05-08 08:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. G™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is and should be a crime! Just because the person is a relative is no reason to break the law yourself. Nobody can make you commit a crime without your complicity.
2007-05-08 08:42:47 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not really: harboring is a type of "accessory after the fact" and can in fact be prosecuted and penalized according to the severity of the original crime (like attempt or conspiracy). In addition, it is a separate federal crime to have information about a federal crime and take any steps to prevent the authorities from discovering it. Misprision of Felony.
2016-04-01 02:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it should be a crime.
They're not making people commit crimes......anyone who harbors a fugitive elected to commit the crime all by themselves.
2007-05-08 08:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If they are guilty. The real problem is that people don't have the guts to do what's right even though it's unpleasant or for someone else's good.
If you harbored an illegal alien or new where they lived and didn't say anything and then they commit a murder shouldn't you be partly libel for failing to do your part. This is a true story of a coworker whose brother was murdered.
2007-05-08 08:46:33 · answer #7 · answered by Who's got my back? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you know that person is a fugitive and you take them in and hide them, then yes it should be a crime. Family or not...
2007-05-08 08:43:28 · answer #8 · answered by yetti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Umm yeah that's a crime. That would be like asking if you should go to jail for driving the getaway car when your brother robs a bank.
2007-05-08 08:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Sounds like a family well experienced with incarceration - it might even warrant not allowing the parolee to associate with ex-felon family members until off paper.
2007-05-08 08:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by Ben 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋