Conspirators Should Be Equally Liable

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A conspiracy is a plan by a group of people to do something illegal. Each person of the group contributes to the proposed criminal act. I believe that all conspirators should be held equally liable for the acts of each member of the conspiracy. It doesn’t matter if someone had a large part in the crime, or small part, everyone should be held equally liable because each action contributed to the totality of the crime (Spencer, 2005). For example, if a group of men robbed a bank, and one guy job was to shut off the security cameras, then I still believe he should be equally liable for the acts of each member of the conspiracy because that one little task was still helpful achieving the overall success of the crime. I believe giving everyone equal

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