LGLS 1901 Lecture 8: 10/6/16 Chapter 7
29 Nov 2016
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Prison is where one goes for a felony (over a year) Jail is where one goes for a misdemeanor (under a year) Organized crime- operates illegitimately by providing illegal goods and services: Money laundering falls under both white collar and organized crime. Rico (criminal and civil liability) allows the government to tack on an additional charge for running/ participating in a criminal enterprise. Necessity: criminal act necessary to prevent greater harm. Insanity (legally insane meaning that you did not understand the difference between right and wrong at the time); a crime of passion would also fall under insanity (ex. Voluntary manslaughter where the perpetrator is so overwhelmed with emotion that he or she is insane and carries out some criminal action such as husband finds out wife is cheating) A mistake of fact can excuse criminal act if it negates mental state (ex.
