# Computer viruses and the felony murder rule

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-viruses-and-the-felony-murder-rule/750685>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-viruses-and-the-felony-murder-rule/750685 "2016-03-31T02:24:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-viruses-and-the-felony-murder-rule/750685/21 "2016-04-04T04:33:43Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> The felony murder rule (where it exists) is an exception to the mens rea requirement for murder convictions. To follow up on **Richard Parker** ’s point, the enumerated crimes that trigger the rule are invariably dangerous crimes only - battery, robbery, rape, arson and so on.

That matches up with what my Business Law professor (a former District Attorney) said when we were covering criminal law.

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