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> I'd say they are one step away. They have the motive and opportunity but they lack the means. Motive, opportunity, and means do not conclude that a crime wil
by emidln 10y ago
> I'd say they are one step away. They have the motive and opportunity but they lack the means.
Motive, opportunity, and means do not conclude that a crime will or must occur. Full stop. These are indicators used AFTER a crime has occurred to indicate that an individual likely perpetrated the crime in the american court system.
If someone disrespects me by shoving me or yelling at me while we are alone, and I happen to have the pocket knife I always carry, then I have motive, opportunity, and means to conduct an assault with a deadly weapon. Somehow I manage to avoid being arrested for things that I could do every single day. How do I manage this? I don't stab people.
- zaroth 10y agoI agree completely. In the context of having a recording of the suspect trying to detonate a fake bomb, in that case I was thinking it's like the FBI provided the means, while the target had the motive and opportunity. What I've learned from the other responses is that in many cases there is no smoking fake-gun, but just a dubious conspiracy to commit murder which the alleged participants may not have even been fully aware of.