absolutely no legal right to do because he did not have the authority to give out such an order to one of his followers. However, Louis Riel was charged for the death of Thomas Scott even though he himself never actually pulled the trigger or even held the rifle. Louis Riel told a few men from his firing squad to execute Thomas Scott because he was a prisoner and that his presence should be feared and although Riel may have ordered the squad to shoot, the men still had the right to refuse or not take part in the action due to Riel's lack of jurisdiction to make such an order. His squad could have simply backed down, no matter how powerful Riel seemed in their eyes. In today's society you are guilty for the actions you commit, if someone tells you to shoot someone it would not be
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