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Lucky for people planning crimes I guess, unlucky for the rest of us. Edit: Your claim that this is limited to mainly English speaking countries is not even tr
by analog 13y ago
Lucky for people planning crimes I guess, unlucky for the rest of us.
Edit: Your claim that this is limited to mainly English speaking countries is not even true.
"Most nations prosecute inchoate acts (such as conspiracy and incitation) in their
domestic criminal law."
https://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jil/jilp/articles/1-1_Stenson_Thomas.pdf https://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jil/jilp/articles/1-1_Ste...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense
- Derbasti 13y agoAs far as I can see, most jurisdictions require some action beyond mere thought or talk. Two guys talking over their beers at a bar is not enough. At least that is what the German Wikipedia is saying about European law.
- analog 13y agoWell sure, you'd have to actually be seriously planning to commit the crime to be prosecuted for it.