If you help someone who has committed murder, you can get in trouble with the law. You can go to prison for up to 7 years if you are an accessory after the fact to murder. This means you did something to help the person who committed the murder after the crime happened.
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Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who is an accessory after the fact to murder.
