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Even though the actual cause of the firefighter’s death was the fire, Andy and Tara had no intention to commit a murder. However, their criminal offense of arson resulted in the death of firefighters. This implies that Tara and Andy were responsible for the death. In this regard, as a district attorney, I have a basis to charge them murder.
Question 2
John and Mary's intention were to rob a drug dealer. It worth to note even though they completed their mission, John was left behind resulting in the shooting and death of the drug dealer. Before the robbery, John and Mary had no intention to kill the drug dealer even though John was armed. The fact that the two had conspired to undertake the robbery, Mary’s conviction to robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery was correct. However, it was not collect to charge her for murder. On his part, John should have been convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, and murder.
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