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criminal defenses  

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  • In the Anglo American system of criminal justice, most crimes have at least two minimum elements: actus reus, the criminal act or omission, and mens rea, the required mental state (the so-called guilty mind). In the crime of murder, for example, taking the life of another human being is the criminal act (actus reus). [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Criminal Defenses]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DT15NP1X-2

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