Felony murder is a ruling that declares if the death of a person or persons occurs during the commission of a felony, all persons involved in the felony will be held accountable for that death. This rule makes every person involved in the felony crime equally accountable for the death, regardless of their mental state or level of involvement during the crime. This can include a getaway driver, a person who lends their car to the people that are committing the crime, or even the person that’s covering the lookout. The felony murder rule completely ignores the basic concept of mens rea, a fundamental principle of criminal law which allows the criminal justice system to differentiate between someone who did not mean to commit a crime and someone