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92 Miss. L.J. 481 (2022-2023)
The Stickiness of Felony Murder: The Morality of a Murder Charge

handle is hein.journals/mislj92 and id is 497 raw text is: THE STICKINESS OF FELONY MURDER: THE MORALITY OF A MURDER CHARGE Kat Albrecht* INTRODUCTION: THE DEATH OF JAQUAN SWOPES........ 48482 I. THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES ................................................ 48484 A. Deterrence.................................................................48485 B . R etribu tion ...............................................................48487 C. Rehabilitation ..............................................................490 D . Incap acita tion ..............................................................49 1 II. THE FELONY MURDER RULE ...................................... 493 A. Felony Murder in Illinois ............................................495 B. Perspectives on the Felony Murder Rule.....................498 C. Racism and the Felony Murder Rule ..........................499 III. DATA ON THE FELONY MURDER RULE ....................... 501 IV. HOW BIASED IS THE FELONY MURDER RULE?........... 504 A. Quantitative Interpretations of Cook County Data.... 505 B. The Limits of Data Transparency ...............................505 C. The Lack of Stickiness of Felony Murder Charges.....510 D. Crime Categories That Only Apply to One Group......513 V. POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS .............................................. 518 CONCLUSION....................................................................... 520 Kat Albrecht is an Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice and Criminology Department in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. The Author is grateful for the financial support of the Duke University Center for Firearms Law in completing this work. She is also appreciative of the excellent comments and suggestions received at the Duke University Center for Firearms Law Symposium. The Author also thanks Lydia Wuorinen for her assistance with preliminary data retrieval and Brittain E. Spurka for editorial and formatting assistance. Finally, the Author would like to thank Professors Matthew Hall and Christopher Green from the University of Mississippi Law School for their detailed comments and review, which substantially improved the Article. 481

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