AZ Lawmakers Again Try to Limit Controversial ‘Felony Murder’ Law

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AZ Lawmakers Again Try to Limit Controversial ‘Felony Murder’ Law

Arizona lawmakers introduced a bill last month to amend the state’s “felony murder” statute—a controversial law that allows prosecutors to charge people with murder even when they did not kill anyone. In Arizona, prosecutors have repeatedly used the statute to charge people with murder after a police officer killed someone.  Senate Bill 1181 adds two sentences to the state’s homicide statute, clarifying that a person can only be charged with mur…