Define the natural and probable consequences doctrine and discuss the rationale of courts that have rejected the doctrine.

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The natural and probable consequences doctrine states that a person encouraging or facilitating the commission of a crime will be held liable as an accomplice for the crime he or she aided and abetted as well as for crimes that are the natural and probable outcome of the criminal conduct. Courts that have rejected the doctrine, a minority of them, have done so on the grounds that the doctrine is unfair as applied to an accessory who lacked the intent to commit the more serious offense.

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