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A comment on Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform. Parent comment

Re:Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Th... by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:06AM (#25834805)
Mens rea doesn't require that you know that the thing you are doing is illegal. It only requires that you know you are doing the thing.
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Re:Order on Protecting Americans from Overcriminalization Th... by tony101 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:25PM (#25839086)
Depends on how the law is written. Some (but not all) statutes require prosecution to show that defendant knew it was illegal.
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