[extropy-chat] Moveon.org

[Mike Lorrey]

--- David Lubkin <extropy at unreasonable.com> wrote:

> Adrian Tymes wrote:
> 
> >Whether or not this should be the case is another
> >story.  But it's been well established that intent
> >alone is insufficient.  (Granted, there have been
> >prosecutions based on the most minimal of deeds.  If
> >you could find some deed to charge him on, you might
> >have a case.  What you have cited here is not actually
> >illegal behavior.
> 
> Conspiracy is a felony, whether the crime is committed or not.
> Curiously, conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor is a felony.
> 
> Also, if I fire a gun I think is loaded but isn't, or shoot a corpse
> I thought was still alive, I can be found guilty of attempted murder 
> (assuming the other elements are present).

Is this like beating a dead horse to see if its still alive?

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Mike Lorrey
Chairman, Free Town Land Development
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                         -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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