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In my opinion, it does not matter how the prosecution phrases it, I think it is going to be difficult to get a conviction for kidnapping or for murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping. Juries, however, get together and come to the decisions they do even if I do not agree with it.That's not what happened.
This is what actually occurred:
A judge approved two additional murder counts Monday against an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls but rejected a prosecutor’s bid to add kidnapping charges.
The new charges approved against Richard Allen of Delphi are murder while committing or attempting to commit kidnapping.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...c195d8-e583-11ee-9eba-1558f848ec25_story.html
The only thing that can actually be considered here is if Richard Allen, either by himself or by helping someone else, murdered Abigail Williams and Liberty German. I think the only thing a reasonable jury could do is convict him of murder by itself based on the evidence. If the jury thinks the confessions are true, they might convict him. Maybe the confessions contain admissions of guilt about kidnapping?
I do not think the jury is going to be able to agree that the person in Liberty German's phone video is Richard Allen. But I understand that it does not make a lot of sense to come to the conclusion that Richard Allen is the murderer, but not the person who kidnapped Abigail Williams and Liberty German from the Monon High Bridge(the bridge guy person from Liberty German's phone video). This is very true if you think the crime was only committed by one person. It seems like it would have to be the same person.