LAWS 2302 Study Guide - Final Guide: Actus Reus, Murder, Youth Criminal Justice Act
10 May 2017
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Acquittal - not proven you"re guilty but not proven to be innocent. The presumption of innocence is based on the crown. Presumption of innocence - everyone is presumed innocence until proven guilty. Assumed you"re not guilty until the crown can show otherwise. The crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person is guilty. Crime - any act or omission of an act that is prohibited and punishable by federal statute. Law reform commission of canada - 4 conditions must exist for an act or omission to be considered a crime. The act should be considered wrong by the society. The remedy must be handled by the criminal justice system. *the things that are crimes in canada, are things the criminal code says are crime. Natural law - crime is something that is divinely ordained. Criminal law - the body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure individual people, property and the entire community.
