Dave Davies

There's a legislative debate about this, right, in states. And some argue that felony murder is a deterrent because it shows that if you go out to do some bad stuff, even if you don't think you're going to kill somebody, it can work very badly for you. You say studies show that's really not the case because nobody knows about this until they're caught up in such a case.

Are there movements to change the law here? Are some states experimenting with doing it differently?

Are there movements to change the law here? Are some states experimenting with doing it differently?

Are there movements to change the law here? Are some states experimenting with doing it differently?

I can imagine some people who are listening who are thinking, well, look, if you go out and you rob a store and you know that people are going to be armed, you're engaging in something with the risk of lethal violence. I mean what's the distinction here with felony murder?

I can imagine some people who are listening who are thinking, well, look, if you go out and you rob a store and you know that people are going to be armed, you're engaging in something with the risk of lethal violence. I mean what's the distinction here with felony murder?

I can imagine some people who are listening who are thinking, well, look, if you go out and you rob a store and you know that people are going to be armed, you're engaging in something with the risk of lethal violence. I mean what's the distinction here with felony murder?

Sadiq Baxter, actually before his trial, he noticed in another case involving felony murder where a judge had sentenced somebody to life in prison for felony murder but had said, look, if there were a circumstance where the person were literally in police custody, in a police car or in cuffs while their confederate went and committed a murder … It might be different.

Sadiq Baxter, actually before his trial, he noticed in another case involving felony murder where a judge had sentenced somebody to life in prison for felony murder but had said, look, if there were a circumstance where the person were literally in police custody, in a police car or in cuffs while their confederate went and committed a murder … It might be different.

Sadiq Baxter, actually before his trial, he noticed in another case involving felony murder where a judge had sentenced somebody to life in prison for felony murder but had said, look, if there were a circumstance where the person were literally in police custody, in a police car or in cuffs while their confederate went and committed a murder … It might be different.

He hoped that this would be a basis for him avoiding this fate. It wasn't. But he stayed at it, didn't he? He became a serious jailhouse lawyer.

He hoped that this would be a basis for him avoiding this fate. It wasn't. But he stayed at it, didn't he? He became a serious jailhouse lawyer.

He hoped that this would be a basis for him avoiding this fate. It wasn't. But he stayed at it, didn't he? He became a serious jailhouse lawyer.

And do we know how many people are in prison around the country from this doctrine?

And do we know how many people are in prison around the country from this doctrine?

And do we know how many people are in prison around the country from this doctrine?

And in Sadiq's case, do you think it'll matter that the three children of one of the victims in this case feel passionately that this was unjust, that he was given life in prison for this?

And in Sadiq's case, do you think it'll matter that the three children of one of the victims in this case feel passionately that this was unjust, that he was given life in prison for this?

And in Sadiq's case, do you think it'll matter that the three children of one of the victims in this case feel passionately that this was unjust, that he was given life in prison for this?

Well, Sarah Stillman, thank you so much for speaking with us.