A law that tweaks Tennessee’s “guilty by association” statute is now in effect.
Senate Bill 1170, sponsored by Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis), makes changes to Tennessee’s law on criminal responsibility, which had stated that a person can be held liable for a crime committed even if they just helped in the act.
“The new law requires the state to prove that a person acted with intent to benefit from the proceeds or results of a crime before they can be held criminally responsible for another person’s conduct,” Senate Democrats said in a statement…