CRM 2300 Lecture 12: Lecture 12.doc

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2300
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

In order to convict you we have to prove that you had a subjective foresight of the consequences of your actions: want to look inside their head and see if he was certain or substantially certain that his action would result in the prohibited consequences, prohibited consequences, the persons action, mens rea being certain or substaintally certain, criminal liability actus reus, mens reus, defense or excuse, then convict, punsh, subjective test have to look at the evidence to determine that the individual was sure that a prohibited consequence would occur. They trace this handbill back to these individuals who just want support for their cause: willful promotion of hatred, actus reas incite hatred, communicate statements other than a private conversation, likely to lead to breach of the peace(potential for violence), use against an identifiable group, in a public place, promotes hatred, mens rea willfully promotes, willfully is intention.