katydid23
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Wow, that seems pretty rough considering that knowledge of a theft (or some kind of illegal funny biz) pales in comparison to knowledge (or direct hands-on participation) of the brutal murder of four people. So, if my friend tells me she is going to shoplift a mascara* and she ends up hitting the undercover cop who follows her out to the parking lot with her car door iand that UC falls and hits her head resulting in her death (I am being totally outlandish, just so I can understand how far this goes) would I be held accountable for that UC's death because I didn't alert of LE? Or is it only in greater crimes? (My friend did tell me she was going to shoplift a mascara when I was 15 and she got caught! Lesson learned. No stealing, no matter how innocent it might seem.)
If your friend tells you she is going to steal some mascara and wants you to be a look out, but she ends up killing the cashier, then YES, you could be charged with murder as well. Even if you had no plans to participate in the killing. But just the simple fact of agreeing to participate in a crime, in which a murder occurs during the commission of that crime, makes you complicit in the murder as well. HARD TRUTH