A MISUNDERSTANDING

"Tammy Fyke, you are under arrest for murder," an officer said as I walked out the front door of my house. The officer had his gun pointed directly at my head. Instinctively I raised my hands over my head."Murder?" I said in disbelief "Would you mind telling me who it is I killed?" I said with a slight chuckle at the ridiculous charge. Doug and I had used and sold some weed and cocaine but we had certainly never killed anyone. Knowing this was all a big mistake I actually breathed a sigh of relief. I was convinced all of this would be straightened out and dropped. Since our house had no drugs in it I honestly believed Doug and I would be released after a short conversation with the police, I couldn't have been more wrong.At that time I had never heard of the accountability law. I did not know a person could be held legally responsible for the actions of another. I was about to get a crash course in criminal law. It was a course I had to pass for the State's Attorney soon made it very clear he was seeking the death penalty!