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Criminal Question

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3 Responses to "Criminal Question"

  1. I am voting "someone who commits a crime," but I think the options are not specific enough. The first option should be split into two:
    - someone who commits an act that is malum in se
    - someone who commits an act that is malum prohibitum

    I say that because I don't think a crime has been committed just because government prohibits something (malum prohibitum). That something has to be wrong in itself (malum in se) for it to truly be a crime.

  2. One who commits a crime is a criminal.

    One who is convicted of a crime is a convict.

    at least that's what Leopard's built-in dictionary tells me. 🙂

  3. [quote comment="54753"] ...That something has to be wrong in itself (malum in se) for it to truly be a crime.[/quote] I'm with Daniel.