Crime and Siamese Twins

Let's say Tim and Casey are Siamese twins, joined at the hip. Tim commits a vicious murder, while Casey is a) incapacitated or b) an accomplice in murder. Are these two considered to be two people under the law? Would Casey have to serve time in jail despite either not committing a crime or having a lesser sentence? How do these concepts apply to other legal issues?

Thanks
-a concerned twin

The preferred term is "conjoined".

It's an interesting issue for debate, although I'm not aware that it has occurred in reality. Logistically, it would be difficult for one conjoined twin to commit a brutal murder without the other's participation.

Well that doesn't really answer the question given the circumstances I've presented.

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Quoting rkfortun

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Well that doesn't really answer the question given the circumstances I've presented.

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Well, if Tim has to serve time it seems as though it is only logical that Casey would have to also since they are conjoined.

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Well that doesn't really answer the question given the circumstances I've presented.

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Who said I was trying to?

Homework? Debate class?

I gues what the the question boils down to is, are Siamese twins considered to be one person under the law?

No. Conjoined twins are individuals, just like any other set of twins.

Interestingly enough Violet and Daisy Hilton a set of conjoined twins once were in a movie about one twin being convicted of murder. The movie is called Chained For Life.

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No. Conjoined twins are individuals, just like any other set of twins.

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Maybe they were born in 1930....in Bangkok!

Although i dont know of any cases where the crime was murder, in other less serious crimes the result has always been the same that the twins can not be imprisoned mainly because of the human rights issues involved with false imprisonment of a person (in this case the uninvolved twin).