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3 Responses to "Criminal Question"

1. | Reply Daniel
   Posted 14 Jul 2009 at 3:47pm #
   

   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. | Reply Tim Buchheim
   Posted 14 Jul 2009 at 8:57pm #
   

   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. | Reply Jeff Foster
   Posted 15 Jul 2009 at 1:36am #
   

   [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.