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What is legal in retrieving stolen property?

In another forum (next door to this one), someone in my local community made the claim (paraphrased here) I encountered a person rummaging through my car and stole some things. This person took off ...
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If a getaway driver drives away while a bank robbery is in progress, will he/she still be arrested as a participant in this crime?

Consider a situation in which a group of four people drive to a bank and then three of them go into the bank to rob it, and while those three are inside the bank robbing it, the driver has a sudden ...
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Lack of mens rea defence to robbery

Rob forcibly grabs an item from Bob's hands, genuinely believing that it is his (Rob's) item and that Bob is possessing it unlawfully. Rob does so while knowing that Bob contends that the item is his (...
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If someone robs a bank at which (s)he has an account, can the bank deduct that amount from the robber's account?

Bob has $100,000 in an account at First Example Bank. Bob robs the bank, taking $50,000, and he escapes. He is never caught, but the bank is 100% sure that he is the one who robbed the bank. Can they ...
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What could a getaway driver be charged with?

This a hypothetical question but one that I think is interesting. If someone was a getaway driver involved in a bank robbery could they be charged for more than reckless driving, would they be an ...
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