They've even gone further to say that he didn't have to be found guilty of the crime, or even perhaps have committed the crime. He just had to have the intent to commit the other crime.
This is why Shakespeare wanted to kill all the lawyers. They spend way too much time trying to justify the misuse of the law instead of finding ways to stop the misuse of the law.
If a law is abusive, then get rid of the law our counter it lawfully, but don't blindly put it on a pedestal and defend it because it is The Law.
-PJ
-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist