Fred is extremely jealous that justin was selected to be the varsity quarterback on the happy valley high school football team. he meets with his friends, brian and dan, after school one day to plan his “revenge.” brian actively encourages fred to kill justin using a gun with a silencer. brian even acquire the gun from his grandfather’s basement. on the night of the shooting, only dan accompanies fred to justin’s home to carry out the killing. dan serves as a lookout while fred shoots and kills justin in his kitchen. dan and fred are on the run and need a place to hide from authorities. they arrive unannounced at the home of a friend, joe, and begs for . joe agrees to let dan and fred stay at his home for as long as necessary and does not notify the police. answer the following questions (based on the facts in the above scenario). using the traditional common law terms for complicity, identify the appropriate role and liability, if any, for fred, brian, dan and joe in the murder. are there any defenses available to them? if so, explain why or why not.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.