Thanks for nothing, history. With no legal precedent, however, it is conceivable that in AHS: Freak Show's intolerant small town in Florida, Dot could very well suffer the consequences of her sister's misdeeds.
Even if she's completely innocent and the concept seems completely wrong. By Lindsey Kupfer. I believe that within our Constitutional framework, the only thing to be done in this situation is to release the conjoined twins. Even if the jury sentenced the conjoined twins to death, the court would have to commute the sentence and release the twins. The guarantees of due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit punishing an innocent actor.
When considering the punishment for one guilty conjoined twin, it is necessary to put aside all of the factual considerations that may arise when one conjoined twin commits a murder to the detriment of her innocent, connected sibling.
Put aside the idea that the innocent twin had any control over the guilty twins hand. Put aside the idea that the court may impute the guilty action to the innocent twin, finding her an accomplice in the commission of this murder. There are already way too many people that can't do nothing because they were born different. Different is not bad , but if that means that can't do nothing on their own and make other people life a hell , they should be aborted. Dont have a kid if you can't give him the best life.
Is this still revelant? Show All Show Less. There isn't much case law to work with on this question, since in the United States, at least, conjoined twins represent something like 0. The conjoined twins who aren't separated at birth and do manage to grow up have so far tended to be more or less exemplary citizens. That said, there have been a few recorded instances of conjoined criminality. By one account, the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, were arrested over a scuffle with a doctor who tried to examine them, but never prosecuted.
Nor were they ever charged with bigamy, despite having taken two wives. Sounds like they could almost get away with murder Dause Xper 5. Kill the one that seems less friendly or admits to it, then let the other go, if the crime happens again obviously you killed the wrong one Of its a conjoined twin, there are plenty of complications, but no matter how sudden it may have been or even if you can prove one of them are innocent, you still can't allow a murderer to walk around on the streets so Omaewamo Xper 5.
I don't know I'm gonan add a little more spin to this: how would 18th century France deal with it? Would they build a special guillotine to fit 2 heads? Or would they have to lop off one after another? This got really dark really fast. Sign Up Now! Sort Girls First Guys First. OlderAndWiser 5. Lostranza Xper 5. One of them is going to be charged with something because they are a witness to the crime and didn't report it.
I guess it is an issue though because one of them would be sentenced and it would be a violation of human rights to sentence the other one. It is such a unique circumstance however that the law doesn't even have any kind of reference.
I also think that they would probably be put on house arrest and it would be hard to commit a crime with only one half of your body so it would be more than likely tat they would both be sentenced regardless. Id doubt such a situation would ever even happen. The two would have been together through everything. They'd have the same psychological trauma etc, same external influnces and would talk through everything.
And even if there was one more "sane" twin, the other surely would have noticed the other acting weird a while back, if one was capable of comitting something like murder as u mentioned in one of the comments. For any other crime surely the other twin would have been able to stop the other, or at least told someone.
But I really don't know tbh if one somehow was guilty while the other wasn't. Sevenpointfive 1. I love the question! I think that two separate brains might work apart and together when needed. If one brain has a murderous psychosis then the other is going to fear for her safety. You put them in a mental institution. While one brain may be healthy and normal, how do you control the other? With medication. There would have to be a lot of tests to figure out if it was a solo act, or if the twin was covering or being bullied.
I would enjoy seeing how the law handles this one. I think the good twin should be allowed full freedom, and if that means the bad twin doesn't get the punishment they deserve PatriciaRodriguez Xper 5.
Whatever the case may be it's a mandatory process you can't separate them therefore the accusation and the punishment will be sentenced as one. So what's the point of sorting out who's innocent and who's not If they're in a situation where they can't get out. Conjoined twins live their lives with the definition of teamwork.
It's impossible to complete a task without both of them, some conjoined twins also feel what the other one is doing They can't commit a crime single handedly literally and so they would both be in jail I suppose. TripleAce 2. I don't think they have a law specifically for that it would come down to expert witness, This is literally one of the greatest questions I've ever seen asked here or anywhere else.
So great in fact, I decided to look it up. Apparently, as far as we know in recorded history, there has only ever been one real case in which one of the twins stabbed a man to death and was sentenced to death, however, what actually happened to the two wasn't documented. Legally speaking, at least in the US, the innocent twin cannot be denied his or her rights for that of the one who commits the crime.
Most likely, the guilty twin would receive their sentence as guilty, but because of the nature of being conjoined, we legally could not jail both, nor sentence both to death in the case of murder if the death penalty was on the table.
The body beautiful. Red tape, white lies. Speculative science. This sceptred isle. Root of all evil. Ethical conundrums. This sporting life. Stage and screen. Birds and the bees. In this I am sure rare set of circumstances what would be the legal position - particularly in view of the mandatory life sentence for murder? Dave Williams, Prudhoe UK Surely, one conjoined twin the preferable term would be unable to commit a violent act without the other being aware of it, and therefore a witness.
Then we get into the whole area of withholding information or even being an accessory to the murder. From there it would depend on the individual circumstances, but I am sure no court would leave the quesion of the "innocent" twin's true innocence unopened.
Trevor Smith, Peterborough UK, EU I would imagine that since by definition joined twins have to be present together, there might be some mileage in the accessory law.
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