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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by gruez on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:39AM (#40904885)
Is whatever Boeing did a "dangerous felony"? Wikipedia suggests not every crime qualifies:

>To avoid the need for reliance upon common law interpretations of what felony conduct merges with murder, and what offenses do and do not qualify for felony murder, many U.S. jurisdictions explicitly list what offenses qualify in a felony murder statute. Federal law specifies additional crimes, including terrorism, kidnapping, and carjacking.

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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by shakna on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:04AM (#40905072)
Knowingly placing thousands of lives at risk, including possible state actors - risking international relationships, whilst also risking damages to critical infrastructure, such as airports, certainly would seem to qualify as a dangerous felony.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by gruez on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:53AM (#40905465)
The legal system doesn't operate on "seem".
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by shakna on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:09PM (#40911194)
No, but anybody commenting on legalities outside the court room should be using "seem", as what they're saying is not definitive. Especially if they've got any legal background.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by Nuzzerino on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:40AM (#40905343)
If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to Boeing.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by gruez on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:52AM (#40905459)
Trump wasn't prosecuted for felony murder, he was prosecuted for a misdemeanor which was upgraded to a felony because it was used to violate campaign finance laws.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by Nuzzerino on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:14PM (#40909782)
...which was done on a novel legal theory (like people are alluding to in this thread). I realize the analogy triggers some of you but it's not a bad one.
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