NODE 93ebf55fCYBERSPACE IS BY NATURE C
bmorris@netcom.com (Bob MorrisG)Tue, 7 Jun 94 23:27:51 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
RR> sex with minors, the act itself has to be _physical_! The crime cannot
RR> discussing it. What's the FBI going to do? Jail people for _talking_ a
RR> murder, or jail _murderers_?
Uh, I think they can, and do, jail for discussing a crime. It's called
conspiracy, and the crime does *not have to have been committed for
conspirators to be jailed. It happened here in L.A. recently. Some
skinheads were jailed for conspiracy to bomb an synagogue, however the
synagogue had not actually been bombed. They went to prison.
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NODE c5cff76fRe: CYBERSPACE IS BY NATURE C
Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>Wed, 8 Jun 94 05:57:12 PDT
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> To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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> RR> sex with minors, the act itself has to be _physical_! The crime cannot
> RR> discussing it. What's the FBI going to do? Jail people for _talking_ a
> RR> murder, or jail _murderers_?
>
> Uh, I think they can, and do, jail for discussing a crime. It's called
> conspiracy, and the crime does *not have to have been committed for
> conspirators to be jailed. It happened here in L.A. recently. Some
> skinheads were jailed for conspiracy to bomb an synagogue, however the
> synagogue had not actually been bombed. They went to prison.
>
> * RM 1.4 B0037 *
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>
For a group to comit conspiracy they have to actually do something other than
just talk about it. For example, you and I are discussing robbing a bank over
lunch, nothing illegal about that. However(!), the instant you say "lets use
my car" or "I have a gun we can use" then you have committed conspiracy.
It is my understanding that conspiracy is a felony even if the crime is a
misdemeanor...