The Choice to Call Your Co-Conspirators Employees

CNN's Matt Welch talks about the case of a man who bought his cellmate into an escape plan. The two men were in jail together at the same time but they never got to leave or even attempt the escape plan because somebody came forward with an anonymous tip. It is interesting that this AP article and I guess the sheriff's department refers to His co-conspirators as employees because he literally just had enough money where he just paid people and They were working for him right. Does the choice to call them employees maybe have some legal ramifications?