For something to be a crime there must be both an actus reus and mens rea -” that is, a criminal act accompanied by a criminal state of mind.
– Alan Dershowitz
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- Women are also property in our bible; adultery is a property crime in the Old Testament, not a sex crime. – Bill Maher
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- Police not enforcing laws results in a high crime rate that is formally reported as a low crime rate in police statistics. – Steven Magee
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