A group of individuals attempt to steal a van not knowing one of the owners is asleep in the back. The owner ends up dying as a result of this crime. The charges for this group of individuals are likely to be higher because of . a. plea bargaining b. felony murder rule c. nolo contendered. arraignment

B. Felony murder rule

Explanation: While murder is an act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human, felony is a serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death. Now the felony murder rule a legal doctrine in some law jurisdictions that broadens the scope of the crime of murder. The felony murder rule states that if a person commits a violent felony resulting in the death of another, the criminal can be charged with murder, even if they did not mean for anyone to die or did not directly commit the act. So it is possible to be charged with first-degree murder under the felony murder rule even if there's no intent to kill. All that's necessary is the participation in the commission of a felony, where a death occurs during that felony, even if the defendant wasn't the one who killed the victim.

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