Recently, Greg Farris posted:

[...] The lethal danger
presented by the actions of law enforcement is - theoretically - a
danger that is controlled by experts in the interest of public
safety, and as such not a a danger to the public. If the police shoot
at a fleeing bank robber, and miss, do we charge the robber for
attempted murder, because he could have been killed?

Or, perhaps more to the point, do we charge the robber for the murder of
the bystander that the police accidentally shot?

Neil