title:
Without intent : how Congress is eroding the criminal intent requirement in federal law
creator:
Walsh, Brian W.
contributor:
Joslyn, Tiffany M.; Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (U.S.)
publisher:
The Heritage Foundation; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2010-08-18
date:
2010
description:
Title from PDF title page (viewed on August 2, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.
description:
Extent: xiii, 46 p. : charts, digital, PDF file.
description:
Abstract: A core principle of the American system of justice is that no one should be subjected to criminal prosecution unless he intentionally engages in inherently wrongful conduct or conduct that he knows to be unlawful. Only in such circumstances is a person truly blameworthy and deserving of criminal punishment. Yet in recent decades Congress has enacted scores of fundamentally flawed criminal statutes, many of which are vague and overbroad, lack an adequate criminal-intent requirement to protect the innocent, or both. This dangerous trend is a key component of the overcriminalization problem. As partners in the battle against overcriminalization, NACDL and The Heritage Foundation embarked on an unprecedented study of the federal legislative process for enacting non-violent and non-drug criminal legislation. Without Intent sets forth findings documenting how far federal criminal lawmaking has drifted from its traditional roots and explores the critical reforms\n necessary to meet the challenge of reckless overcrimialization.--Publisher's description.
subject:
Criminal intent--Law and legislation--United States
subject:
Criminal law--United States
subject:
Criminal liability--United States
relation:
OCLC No.: 656365766
relation:
Mode of Access: World Wide Web.; System Requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
relation:
Is part of: Special report ; no. 77; Special report ; no. 77.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.7
source:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2010/pdf/WithoutIntent_lo-res.pdf
language:
eng
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identifier:
WithoutIntent_lo-res
