Talk:Murder in Hawaii law

Felony murder rule
According to HRS 707-701 commentary (listed as reference #2) on the Felony murder rule in Hawaii, "In recognition of the trend toward, and the substantial body of criticism supporting, the abolition of the felony-murder rule, and because of the extremely questionable results which the rule has worked in other jurisdictions, the Code has eliminated from our law the felony-murder rule.", and a second time under General effect of Code, " The homicide sections of the Code substantially simplify and clarify the law of Hawaii, although the results reached by the court or jury in most cases will probably be similar. As explained above, the felony-murder rule has been eliminated. -- Otr500 (talk) 23:38, 1 September 2013 (UTC)