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If you buy weed from a guy who robbed it from some other people, are you guilty of just buying the weed, or are you guilty of armed robbery? That is the distin
by koonsolo 7y ago
If you buy weed from a guy who robbed it from some other people, are you guilty of just buying the weed, or are you guilty of armed robbery?
That is the distinction being made here, especially since in other parts of the world it's even legal to buy weed.
- sintaxi 7y agoAs far as I'm aware buying stolen property isn't a strict liability crime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_liability_(criminal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict_liability_(criminal)
- koonsolo 7y agoThat is seriously fucked up. From that wikipedia article: > a pharmacist supplied drugs to a patient who presented a forged doctor's prescription, but was convicted even though the House of Lords accepted that the pharmacist was blameless. > a 15-year-old boy was convicted of statutory rape of a child under 13, a crime under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The prosecution accepted the boy's claim that he had believed the 12-year-old girl to be 15, but he was nevertheless sentenced to 12 months' detention. When I read this, I'm very happy to live in a more sane part of the world.