Under Alabama's accomplice liability law, Smith is considered just as culpable in Washington's death as if he had pulled the trigger himself.
Don't equate the whole US to this garbage state.
As of August 2008, 46 states in the United States have a felony murder rule, under which felony murder is generally first-degree murder. In 24 of those states, it is a capital offense
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii (abolished) Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky (abolished) Louisiana Maine Maryland[27] Massachusetts[28] Michigan (abolished) Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio (abolished) Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming District of Columbia Federal
This is misleading, as not all function under the proximate cause theory of felony murder in which a defendant is responsible for any deaths period over the commission of a felony to which he is a party. ---
Party leader, passive-aggressive doormat, pasta eater extraordinaire!