Which of the following is true regarding vicarious "Pinkerton" liability?

The principle of vicarious "Pinkerton" liability holds that a defendant can be held accountable for crimes committed by co-conspirators if those crimes were both foreseeable and in furtherance of the conspiracy's objectives. This means that when individuals agree to commit a crime together, they can be charged not only for their own actions but also for the actions of their co-conspirators, provided those actions were reasonably related to achieving the goals of the conspiracy.

The rationale behind this concept is that conspirators should be held collectively responsible for the consequences of their collective actions. Thus, if a crime committed by one of the conspirators was a natural and probable consequence of the conspiracy that they engaged in, then it falls under the umbrella of the conspiracy, attracting vicarious liability.

This option correctly reflects that the attributed liability is contingent upon the crimes being foreseeable and aligned with the conspiracy’s goals, indicating a clear connection between the actions taken and the conspiracy itself.