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		<title>By: Conjoined Twins Illustrated - Nick Kam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Conjoined Twins Illustrated - Nick Kam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Part one in an inspired series. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Pilgrim&#39;s Map of the Day &#124; ThisPilgrimLand.com</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-66</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] looks ahead at a problem that could arise in the U.S. legal system some day.  The question:  How would the legal system in the U.S. handle the prosecution of a conjoined twin should one of the ... I had never thought of this [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Marco</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-27</link>
		<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Patrick who posted on December 31, 2009:

Please broaden your mind, you are very ignorant.  You are obviously either very young or just inexperienced.  There certainly is many ways that a conjoined twin could commit a murder of which the other had no involvement.  To give a crude example, a set of conjoined twins is sitting on a couch next to a person.  Twin 1, always known to carry a utility knife on his belt decides he doesn&#039;t like the person sitting on his side of the couch, takes out his utility knife and stabs him to death.  This occurs in the matter of two seconds and the second twin has no chance to react.

Of course this scenario assumes the twins are joined at the hip so as to allow them to sit down properly, which is a possible scenario.

I&#039;m not entirely sure what your idea of conjoined twins is, but it&#039;s obviously incorrect.

I agree with Kam that the only option is to allow the pair to go free so as not to have a miscarriage of justice in convicting an innocent person.  Once case law and/or stare decisis has been established, there is nothing to stop the state from executing you as well as anyone it wishes for that murder.

Even if a conviction were entered, it would be overturned by a superior court, 100 percent of the time if the second twin was innocent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Patrick who posted on December 31, 2009:</p>
<p>Please broaden your mind, you are very ignorant.  You are obviously either very young or just inexperienced.  There certainly is many ways that a conjoined twin could commit a murder of which the other had no involvement.  To give a crude example, a set of conjoined twins is sitting on a couch next to a person.  Twin 1, always known to carry a utility knife on his belt decides he doesn&#8217;t like the person sitting on his side of the couch, takes out his utility knife and stabs him to death.  This occurs in the matter of two seconds and the second twin has no chance to react.</p>
<p>Of course this scenario assumes the twins are joined at the hip so as to allow them to sit down properly, which is a possible scenario.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure what your idea of conjoined twins is, but it&#8217;s obviously incorrect.</p>
<p>I agree with Kam that the only option is to allow the pair to go free so as not to have a miscarriage of justice in convicting an innocent person.  Once case law and/or stare decisis has been established, there is nothing to stop the state from executing you as well as anyone it wishes for that murder.</p>
<p>Even if a conviction were entered, it would be overturned by a superior court, 100 percent of the time if the second twin was innocent.</p>
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		<title>By: ytmnd</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-25</link>
		<dc:creator>ytmnd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To answer a comment above:

You could indeed murder without the other knowing twin knowing. All it would require is poison. Poison could be acquired using messages, letters, etc. to a friend who would then say place the poison somewhere where the twin could easily grab it without the other knowing (see: under couch cushion) and then slip the poison to the individual. 

Great article.</description>
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<p>You could indeed murder without the other knowing twin knowing. All it would require is poison. Poison could be acquired using messages, letters, etc. to a friend who would then say place the poison somewhere where the twin could easily grab it without the other knowing (see: under couch cushion) and then slip the poison to the individual. </p>
<p>Great article.</p>
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		<title>By: DYSPEPSIA GENERATION &#187; Blog Archive &#187; How would the American legal system punish conjoined twins if one committed a murder while the other was completely innocent?</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-24</link>
		<dc:creator>DYSPEPSIA GENERATION &#187; Blog Archive &#187; How would the American legal system punish conjoined twins if one committed a murder while the other was completely innocent?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Read it. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Anderson</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-23</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The twins born in Genoa in 1617 were named Lazarus and Johannes Baptista Colloredo. Lazarus was a healthy man, while Johannes Baptista was a parasitic twin with essentially no consciousness of his own. They toured Europe as curiosities in the 17th century and Lazarus allegedly killed someone in a bar brawl. According to the book &quot;The Two Headed Boy&quot; by Jan Bondeson, he did not serve time for the murder. 

There is a more recent legal precedent involving conjoined twins. The film &quot;Chained for Life&quot; was partly inspired by a real-life incident involving Lucio and Simplicio Godino, pygopagus conjoined twins from the Philippines. While the brothers were visiting their home country in the 1920s, one struck a man with their car. The other brother was not involved in driving the car. They were indeed both exonerated because the judge could not justify imprisoning the innocent brother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The twins born in Genoa in 1617 were named Lazarus and Johannes Baptista Colloredo. Lazarus was a healthy man, while Johannes Baptista was a parasitic twin with essentially no consciousness of his own. They toured Europe as curiosities in the 17th century and Lazarus allegedly killed someone in a bar brawl. According to the book &#8220;The Two Headed Boy&#8221; by Jan Bondeson, he did not serve time for the murder. </p>
<p>There is a more recent legal precedent involving conjoined twins. The film &#8220;Chained for Life&#8221; was partly inspired by a real-life incident involving Lucio and Simplicio Godino, pygopagus conjoined twins from the Philippines. While the brothers were visiting their home country in the 1920s, one struck a man with their car. The other brother was not involved in driving the car. They were indeed both exonerated because the judge could not justify imprisoning the innocent brother.</p>
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		<title>By: trooper</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-22</link>
		<dc:creator>trooper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pardon my cynicism, but there are plenty of innocent people in prison and on death row. The American justice system (at least the laws enacted that drive it) is just a part of the prison-industrial complex. Prison-for-profit. We have the highest percentage of our population imprisoned in the world. That is insane. I have little doubt that the hypothetical person(s) in question would be locked up for life.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pardon my cynicism, but there are plenty of innocent people in prison and on death row. The American justice system (at least the laws enacted that drive it) is just a part of the prison-industrial complex. Prison-for-profit. We have the highest percentage of our population imprisoned in the world. That is insane. I have little doubt that the hypothetical person(s) in question would be locked up for life.</p>
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		<title>By: Improbable Research &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mental trials: Conjoined twins</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-21</link>
		<dc:creator>Improbable Research &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mental trials: Conjoined twins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Cam, an American law student, takes up the question anew in a blog called Half Guilty, possibly to be followed by a book, asking: &#8220;How would the American legal system punish [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Twitted by JonHenke</title>
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		<dc:creator>Twitted by JonHenke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: FernandosLife.com &#187; Website Launch</title>
		<link>http://www.nickkam.com/2009/12/half-guilty/comment-page-1/#comment-19</link>
		<dc:creator>FernandosLife.com &#187; Website Launch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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