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If someone you know is the subject of a nationwide manhunt and the authorities are desperately trying to learn the person’s namewin slot 777, are you under any legal obligation to come forward with it?
The answer is, in a word, no.
“There’s no legal duty to report,” said Rachel Barkow, a professor at New York University Law School. “That’s why they offer rewards, to try to entice people to do it.”
The New York Police Department offered $10,000 for information about the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan last week. The F.B.I. posted a $50,000 reward.
Photos of the man with distinctive eyebrows wanted in connection with the killing were circulated by the police and viewed by millions of Americans, making it likely that at least a few people who saw them recognized the subject.
Ms. Barkow said it can be illegal to harbor a wanted felon, and some people are mandated to report if they learn of certain crimes — like teachers who are required to report child abuse.
There is also a federal offense called “misprision of felony,” which requires someone who has “knowledge of the actual commission” of a federal felony to report that felony to the authorities.
But the killing of Mr. Thompson is likely to be prosecuted under New York State law, not federally, and New York has no such reporting requirement.
In any event, knowing the identity of someone who is believed to have committed a crime is not the same as knowing that the person committed the crime. In such situations, average citizens — including the suspect’s family and friends — are free to keep their mouths shut.
“We might have moral objections to people who don’t do thingswin slot 777,” Ms. Barkow said, “but they’re not subject to criminal prosecution.”