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To: philman_36
Someone must have "criminal intent" to be convicted of a "crime".

Only where the crime involves a specific or general intent, such as malicious destruction of property or murder. There are crimes where no intent need be proved to sustain a conviction.

In this law one must be found to have committed one of the enumerated federal crimes with the intent described in the first section.

43 posted on 10/26/2001 11:39:54 AM PDT by Abundy
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To: Abundy
"...with the intent described in the first section..."

You reek of criminal intent. I say so, and under this law, my interpretation is just as valid as anyone elses.

And therein lies the problem.

148 posted on 10/27/2001 7:19:41 AM PDT by wcbtinman
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