all4justice
Seeking Justice for Violent Crime Victims
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I actually think/hope they are tried together. I would think it's likely, in fact. Especially with the conspiracy charges. If I have time, I'll see if I can find an accurate answer (or maybe some lawyers out there can chime in) but I don't think it ultimately matters which plunged the knife into her if they were both still involved in the crime. For instance, if I hold someone down while my wife stabs someone, I imagine we both can get charged with murder. Not exactly the same here, but I think the same principles come into play.
I did some quick research on Louisiana conspiracy law. Apparently, as long as the two agreed on the ultimate crime, it doesn't matter whether only one person carried out the object of the agreement. So even if MAS didn't stab Jaren, she could still be convicted of conspiracy to commit murder if the jury concludes that she agreed with TS that Jaren should be killed. I'm linking the Statute and a very good law review article on the issue.
http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2011/rs/title14/rs14-26
http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3547&context=lalrev