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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by kingcharles on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:25PM (#31046664)
And inchoate crimes don't require the person to do as you commanded them. Just the statement above would probably be enough to charge someone. And even if the crime you are encouraging someone to commit is impossible (for instance, asking Musk to buy 110% of Twitter through you), it is *still* a crime for you to have asked him.
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by ComputerGuru on Saturday April 16, 2022 @12:12AM (#31049401)
I’m not sure how the second part of your claim holds up if you treat your first contention (with which I agree) as a precondition. In particular, I think it wouldn’t be possible to prove mens rea, which you’d have to do if no crime ended up being perpetrated and you’re charging someone only for the alleged solicitation of an inchoate crime?
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Re:Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43B bid to... by kingcharles on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:20PM (#31054702)
IANAL, I just play one on TV, so I might have fucked it up. Wikipedia seems to have some good and amusing examples on their page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense

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