# Conjoined twins and crime and due process

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622 "2010-12-28T17:29:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/41 "2011-06-24T17:09:49Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> I think as long as one twin remained silent it would be no different from any other contestant.

Oops. The above was actually meant for _the current_ "Conjoined Twin on Jeopardy\* thread.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/42 "2011-06-24T20:52:50Z")

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> [@Lemur866](#):
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> Ah, that’s easy. Just ask either one “Who would the OTHER twin say is the murderer?”

I see what you did there- my kids have watched “Labyrinth” at least 4 times this summer already. 🆒

As for the above-mentioned case of death during a gun crime- if during, say, an armed robbery, one of the people in the bank/convenience store/whatever has a heart attack during the execution of the crime and then dies, then all the bad guys can also get a murder charge added to the list of bad things they did that day.

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**Author:** ![SmithCommaJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SmithCommaJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmithCommaJohn)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/43 "2011-06-24T21:35:02Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> You can’t give someone a life sentence for perjury.

Plus, the twin who did not commit the murder would not be committing perjury, assuming he answered “no” to the question of “did you kill the victim?”

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/44 "2011-06-25T01:50:53Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> …Hell, just put them in an octagonal square and have them fight it out to the death. That should work.

I wager 20 quatloos on the tall one.

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**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/45 "2011-06-25T02:07:31Z")

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Would this discussion also apply to human centipedes?

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conjoined-twins-and-crime-and-due-process/565622/46 "2011-06-26T00:35:53Z")

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> [@Candyman74](#):
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> You’re not legally required to prevent crime.

If it’s half of your body, one could argue that you’re an accessory to murder, being that you aided in said murder.

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