According to the felony murder rule, unintentional deaths that occur during the commission of some felonie are murders. The law varies widely, due mainly to efforts to limit the rule in a number of ways. One of the limitations involves the crimes to which the rule applies. Explain this limitation. Provide some example of crimes that would qualify for the felony murder rule
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Many states limit the rule to felonies committed, or attempted that are inherently dangerous to human life. Others limit the rules to a short list of the common-law felonies, including rape, sodomy, robbery, burglary, arson, mayhem, and larceny. Statutes take two approaches to the "inherently dangerous to human life" limit. Under one approach, followed by a minority of jurisdictions, the question is whether the facts and circumstances of the particular case, create a foreseeable danger to human life. Under the second approach, the elements of the crime in the abstract determine whether the rule applies.
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