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* Act with reckless indifference to human life.
Can serve as [[Justice
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* Vinny on ''[[Wiseguy]]'' used criminals' fear of this law to save an innocent person without blowing his cover. A customer suffered a heart attack when Vinny (an undercover fed) was helping rob a bank, and Vinny insisted that the real crooks let him save the man, ostensibly because he didn't want to risk a felony murder charge.
* Used in an issue of ''[[Nightwing]]'', complete with a woman dropping dead of a heart attack during a robbery.
* A favorite tactic of Jack McCoy in ''[[Law
* On one episode of ''[[Breakout Kings]]'', one of the fugitives was a man who had been put away for felony murder after he stole a car when he was 18 to go joyriding (his elderly victim had a heart attack when pulled out of the car). Once in prison he was sexually abused by the other inmates -- he broke out mainly to get revenge on his main tormenter, who had gotten out and gotten married.
* A very recent (January 2012) [[Real Life]] case: A young woman, [[Mama Bear|who was home alone with her infant]] [[Shotguns Are Just Better|shot and killed]] an intruder after he broke into her home. His accomplice, who ran away at the sound of the shots, is facing [[Felony Murder]] [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/04/teen-mom-shoots-kills-intruder-with-11-dispatcher-on-phone/ charges.] [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/teen-mom-sarah-mckinley-kills-intruder-phone-911-15303611 She, on the other hand, won't be facing any charges.]
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