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Preliminary Crimes

Can you Commit a Crime Without Committing a Crime?. Preliminary Crimes. Inchoate Crimes. Crimes that are committed in planning to or before committing a crime. 3 Types. Solicitation Attempt Conspiracy. Solicitation.

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Preliminary Crimes

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  1. Can you Commit a Crime Without Committing a Crime? Preliminary Crimes

  2. Inchoate Crimes • Crimes that are committed in planning to or before committing a crime

  3. 3 Types • Solicitation • Attempt • Conspiracy

  4. Solicitation • Act of asking or strongly encouraging someone to do something that is illegal • Examples: • Trying to hire someone to kill someone else • Inquiring about a Prostitution • Trying to Bribe a Government Official

  5. Attempt • When someone tries to commit a crime, but is not successful • Examples: • Attempting to kill someone= Attempted Murder • Attempt to burn a building down= Attempted Arson

  6. Conspiracy • Agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, combined with a substantial effort to try and commit that crime • Examples: • Conspiracy to Commit Murder • Conspiracy to Commit Fraud

  7. Issues with Conspiracies • Critics argue it denies people their first amendment rights • Conspiracy to Riot (protestors) • Many State/Federal Laws require an overt act, act that is open to view

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