If a Siamese Twin Commits Murder, Does His Brother Get Punished, Too?

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Berkut

#15
January 08, 2010, 11:28:08 AM
What if one siamese twin killed the other one?
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Josephus

#16
January 08, 2010, 11:28:20 AM
Quote from: Martinus on January 08, 2010, 11:00:11 AM
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2010, 08:05:04 AM
In a situation like this the good twin's duty is to subdue the evil twin, so yes if he fails to do so he's an accomplice. :bowler:


That's bullshit. There is no legal duty to prevent a crime if you are a witness in most legal systems.

No, but I think you are supposed to report a crime. Clearly Good Twin neglected his duties to the community. He should have turned Bad Twin in.
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The Brain

#17
January 08, 2010, 11:30:50 AM
What if he went back in time and murdered Hitler? How would this affect the Confederacy?
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#18
January 08, 2010, 11:42:35 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 08, 2010, 11:30:50 AM
What if he went back in time and murdered Hitler? How would this affect the Confederacy?

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jimmy olsen

#19
January 08, 2010, 11:47:01 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 08, 2010, 11:28:20 AM
Quote from: Martinus on January 08, 2010, 11:00:11 AM
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2010, 08:05:04 AM
In a situation like this the good twin's duty is to subdue the evil twin, so yes if he fails to do so he's an accomplice. :bowler:


That's bullshit. There is no legal duty to prevent a crime if you are a witness in most legal systems.

No, but I think you are supposed to report a crime. Clearly Good Twin neglected his duties to the community. He should have turned Bad Twin in.
How do you know he didn't?
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Josephus

#20
January 08, 2010, 12:04:53 PM
If Good Twin did report Bad Twin, then for sure Good Twin gets set free.
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Razgovory

#21
January 08, 2010, 02:19:20 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 08, 2010, 08:05:41 AM
What if one twin just snapped and the other twin tried to stop him and failed?

Or one Twin kidnapped the other.
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Razgovory

#22
January 08, 2010, 02:21:34 PM
What about the other questions.  Why do arabs do that thing with the beard?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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jimmy olsen

#23
January 09, 2010, 02:17:18 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 08, 2010, 12:04:53 PM
If Good Twin did report Bad Twin, then for sure Good Twin gets set free.
But how do you do that when they're conjoined?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

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Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Martinus

#24
January 09, 2010, 04:06:33 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 09, 2010, 02:17:18 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 08, 2010, 12:04:53 PM
If Good Twin did report Bad Twin, then for sure Good Twin gets set free.
But how do you do that when they're conjoined?

Let's phrase this question differently. You have two suspects. You know one of them is guilty but the other one is innocent. But you have no way of establishing which is which. I think our Western philosophy of criminal justice directs you to free them both, rather than lock them both up, right?

I think your question is similar (albeit for different reasons). Do we punish an innocent man so that we can get the criminal too, or do we let the criminal walk free so that we do not punish an innocent man.

Admiral Yi

#25
January 09, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I was unaware pregnant women were exempt from capital punishment.

Martinus

#26
January 09, 2010, 05:38:58 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I was unaware pregnant women were exempt from capital punishment.

Really? I thought it was a rather common knowledge.

Crazy_Ivan80

#27
January 09, 2010, 05:47:10 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 08, 2010, 12:04:53 PM
If Good Twin did report Bad Twin, then for sure Good Twin gets set free.

but what happens to the ugly one?

Caliga

#28
January 09, 2010, 06:25:22 AM
Quote from: Martinus on January 09, 2010, 05:38:58 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 09, 2010, 05:24:41 AM
I was unaware pregnant women were exempt from capital punishment.

Really? I thought it was a rather common knowledge.
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Caliga

#29
January 09, 2010, 06:25:54 AM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on January 09, 2010, 05:47:10 AM
Quote from: Josephus on January 08, 2010, 12:04:53 PM
If Good Twin did report Bad Twin, then for sure Good Twin gets set free.

but what happens to the ugly one?
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