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Michael, Levy And Straus

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Michael, Levy and Straus were all friends. In fact, all three were in a gang together. This was until Michael left the gang a year before the robbery. Michael even cut his relationships with the other two when he left the gang. On the day of the robbery, Levy and Straus went to Michael’s house and asked him to drive the two of them to the bank. Michael agreed to take them to the bank. When they got there, Levy ordered Michael to stay in the vehicle while both Levy and Straus went into the bank. While Michael waited, Levy and Straus started to rob the bank, and while they were doing this they shot the manager. The police were called while this happen and they showed up and surrounded the bank. All three men were caught and arrested. Michael …show more content…

There are many reasons as to why this would not work. To start off, this defence would not work as there was no death threat made out to him. In fact, Michael used previous experience from his gang as the reasoning behind him feeling threatened. Not only did he not get a death threat made to him, Michael used to be a part of the gang. This is one of the limitations of the defence. Even though he left and cut the relationships with the other members, the members still came back to him to get him assist him in the robbery. A third reason as to why this defence would not work out is the fact that he did have alternative options that he could have done to prevent himself from getting caught up in this. The first option would be to refuse to assist. He could have told them that he could not help them and then called the police if they had told him about the plan. The second option that he had would be that he could have left the vehicle to call the cops the minute that they got there. Yes he would have had to admit that he drove the two of them to the bank, but then he wouldn’t have had to “fear” for his life as both Levy and Straus would have been in jail. The fourth and final reason that he would not get the defence is that during the robbery, the manager was shot. There was no update to how the manager was after getting shot but if the manager had died, this would have been manslaughter. Manslaughter is a form of murder and murder is a limitation to the

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