If a community takes law into their own hands and kills someone how bad could the punishment be?

Murder is still murder.

Testimonies will be looked at again and again to determine who did most of it. who instituted most of it and so on. punishment will be dealt out accordingly. most likely not all will be punished as there were so many.But the police will try and get justice from as many as possible.

two wrongs don't make a right and all that jazz

the death penalty.

Vigilante murder, is still murder

the worst punishments would go out to the ones they could prove took a direct hand in the death and those who instigated the beating. In past such gang slayings, they often prosecuted people the harshest, who did not stop when the man was down. That guy who puts the boot to the head, after the guy is on the ground.

More often then not, the worst punished is the last one to cut a deal.

i think of we'd relish sharia regulation as much as sharing our residences with a number of bee hives. Oh, with 'no smoking' allowed. American women individuals love the veils and strolling 2 paces at the back of their hubs. a lot of human beings comprehend that the conservative Christians have squirreled themselves into giggling shares, so do no longer attempt to get a conflict circulate began. yet, besides.

depends on specific facts of this case....

also depends on where...

in lots of states castle doctrine and such would apply .....so killing thief *could* be ruled as self defense or defense of property or others....

** in any case the "mob" has several ways to handle the charges.....there is even a "mob mentality" defense....

This is America you can stand by and do nothing at a rape and it's cool.

We don't care what you're doing as long as it isn't meaningful!

Everyone should have a right to a fair trial. It is a fundamental American principle.

smallprint:does not apply to terrorists.