Purposes Of Criminal Law-Exists To Label Wrongful Behavior
Unit 3 Law review-
Purposes of Criminal Law- Exists to label wrongful behaviour, to identify violations and impose sanctions. Labelling , identifying, and sanctioning wrongful behaviours achieves two things: retribution and the protection of society.
Actus Reus: The guilty act. To prove actus reus, the Crown would have to demonstrate that a) there was no consent, b) force was applied.
Mens Rea: The guilty mind. Done with criminal intent or knowledge that what he/she did was against the law.
Objective-If a reasonable person would foresee an actus reus that the actus reus was intended. No thought was given as to what was in the mind of the accused person. Blame based on the fact that the accused failed to live up to the standard of the …show more content…
If a jailhouse informants statement leads to physical evidence, then he is seen as credible according to the commission.
Donald Campbell
Jailhouse informants- Someone residing in jail/prison who is told by an offender information about the crime.
First-Degree murder-murder is considered first degree if murder is planned and deliberate, victim is a law enforcement agent such as a police officer or someone working in a prison, death occurs during another crime being committed, murder caused while committing or attempting to commit an offence related to criminal harassment, murder committed while using explosives to commit an offence in association with a criminal organization, murder committed while committing or attempting to commit an indictable offence that could also be considered a terrorist activity.
Homicide-directly or indirectly, by any means causes the death of a human being. Culpable-blamable(murder, manslaughter, infanticide) , non-culpable- not responsible.
Second-Degree murder- Murder that does not fit into any of the above categories but is still caused intentionally is classified as second
Purposes of Criminal Law- Exists to label wrongful behaviour, to identify violations and impose sanctions. Labelling , identifying, and sanctioning wrongful behaviours achieves two things: retribution and the protection of society.
Actus Reus: The guilty act. To prove actus reus, the Crown would have to demonstrate that a) there was no consent, b) force was applied.
Mens Rea: The guilty mind. Done with criminal intent or knowledge that what he/she did was against the law.
Objective-If a reasonable person would foresee an actus reus that the actus reus was intended. No thought was given as to what was in the mind of the accused person. Blame based on the fact that the accused failed to live up to the standard of the …show more content…
If a jailhouse informants statement leads to physical evidence, then he is seen as credible according to the commission.
Donald Campbell
Jailhouse informants- Someone residing in jail/prison who is told by an offender information about the crime.
First-Degree murder-murder is considered first degree if murder is planned and deliberate, victim is a law enforcement agent such as a police officer or someone working in a prison, death occurs during another crime being committed, murder caused while committing or attempting to commit an offence related to criminal harassment, murder committed while using explosives to commit an offence in association with a criminal organization, murder committed while committing or attempting to commit an indictable offence that could also be considered a terrorist activity.
Homicide-directly or indirectly, by any means causes the death of a human being. Culpable-blamable(murder, manslaughter, infanticide) , non-culpable- not responsible.
Second-Degree murder- Murder that does not fit into any of the above categories but is still caused intentionally is classified as second