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considered in addition to the second degree murder charge. >> i have to say they're thinking outside the pbox, prosecutors. felony murder is when you're not intending to kill somebody, let's say you're robbing a store and three people involved, one guy is in the get away car. unbeknownst to him, somebody inside the store opens fire and kills somebody. under the felony murder rule, the driver of the car in a lot of states can be held as guilty as the person who fired the shot. what they're saying here is, even if he didn't intend to kill trayvon martin, he was committing the act of child abuse, apparently, by engaging in this physical conflict with him, and trayvon martin died during that conflict. so it's a type of felony murder, which would be subject very very very stiff penalties under florida law. and it's a really unusual request, i think, to be making on this fact pattern. i'd be very surprised if the judge goes along with it.

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