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Old 01-24-2025, 10:05 PM   #28066
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Suicane75 View Post
Are conjoined twins considered 1 person for legal reasons. What happens if one is sentenced to jail time?

When this thought popped in my head, why is that this is the place, after all these years, that I went to to pose my query?

Short answer is: nobody is really sure.

They are generally separate entities (separate SSNs, sometimes separate drivers license, etc) but there's no real precedent for handling punishment of crimes, at least not serious ones.

You aren't the first to wonder, as this article from 2010 illustrates
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