American Criminal LawWest Publishing Company, 1996 - 477 pages |
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... individual victim for there to be a crime . For example , it is a crime to possess cocaine , even though it is unlikely that a particular individual will claim to have been victimized by another person's use of the drug . It is a crime ...
... individual victim for there to be a crime . For example , it is a crime to possess cocaine , even though it is unlikely that a particular individual will claim to have been victimized by another person's use of the drug . It is a crime ...
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... individuals were , how can we , as an appellate court , pick and choose which of the four remaining appellants were inside that car ? The answer is : We cannot . It is fundamental to our system of law that guilt is individual .... Here ...
... individuals were , how can we , as an appellate court , pick and choose which of the four remaining appellants were inside that car ? The answer is : We cannot . It is fundamental to our system of law that guilt is individual .... Here ...
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... individual for murder , if that individual , while exhibiting normal behavior in all other re- spects , suffers from a " compulsion " to kill , which is an " exceedingly strong influence , " but " not com- pletely overpowering . " Even ...
... individual for murder , if that individual , while exhibiting normal behavior in all other re- spects , suffers from a " compulsion " to kill , which is an " exceedingly strong influence , " but " not com- pletely overpowering . " Even ...
Contents
The Bill of Rights | 11 |
Why Do People Commit Crimes? | 13 |
The Organization of the Criminal Justice System | 23 |
Copyright | |
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