Across the country anti-racism protests have actually triggered restored outcry over the 55- year jail sentence an Alabama teenager got after he was convicted under the state’s accomplice liability law in the death of his good friend, who was fatally shot by a police officer in2015
Lakeith Smith was 15 years of ages when he and 4 buddies broke into two homes and were confronted by authorities in Millbrook, Alabama, a little city about 10 miles north of Montgomery.
One of Smith’s accomplices, 16- year-old A’Donte Washington, exchanged gunfire with an officer, body cam footage showed.
Throughout a two-day trial in 2018, a jury founded guilty Smith of 2 counts of theft, theft and felony murder under Alabama’s accomplice liability law
The law states a person can be guilty of murder if a death happens when they are devoting a criminal activity, even if the person is not the one who directly triggered the death, according to The Montgomery Adviser The majority of states have similar laws.
Though Smith was a small when the shooting took place, district attorneys attempted him as an adult. He was sentenced to 65 years in jail— 30 years for the