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A comment on As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared. Parent comment

Re:As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared by georgieporgie on Sunday July 24, 2011 @03:45PM (#2800176)
The laws are poorly written if they don't differentiate between criminal intent versus perfectly reasonable ignorance.
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Re:As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared by ctdonath on Sunday July 24, 2011 @04:15PM (#2800233)
...versus perfectly reasonable behavior.
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Re:As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared by baha_man on Monday July 25, 2011 @06:51AM (#2802117)
Ignorance of a law is normally not considered an excuse for breaking it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorantia_juris_non_excusat

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