LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Actus Reus, Mens Rea, Abettor
17 Dec 2018
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Mitigating factors on sentencing: video, he didn"t do anything. The other person probably feels better about himself and the common man. The full mens rea has to be there and some steps towards the actus reus. The actus reus does not need to be completed or even need to be possible. Whether man/wife video is attempt or conspiracy: police officer by day and creepy as fuck online at night, for conspiracy he needs to have planning. Hes saying it just a fantasy. this cyber community could be the conspirators: there has to be a common intention. This chat could be used as evidence against him after the fact or if he was making more of a plan: counselling- a website dedicated to discussion of potentially harmful activities. Its possible that the creators may be guilty of counselling. If they are encouraging people to act on those fantasy"s then it could be.
