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Ocelot II

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8. It is only if you take material steps to carry out the plan.

Reply to Rocknation (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 14, 2022, 05:06 PM

Jan 2022

If I sit down with a couple of friends and we concoct a plan to rob a bank but then do nothing at all about it, it's not a crime. But if we case the joint, buy disguises, or do anything else that was part of the plan, that's the crime of conspiracy even if we never actually rob the bank but just get busted on the way to do it.

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Ron Filipkowski tweet re: Brit Hume is an idiot-- [View all] tblue37 Jan 2022 OP

Planning to commit a crime Rocknation Jan 2022 #1

One response to this post offers a good analogy: tblue37 Jan 2022 #2

It is only if you take material steps to carry out the plan. Ocelot II Jan 2022 #8

I hope that Brit is not a member of the Bar LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #3

Coincidentally... MontanaMama Jan 2022 #4

Oh, goody. Can I repost my favorite personal Brit Hume story then? (from decades ago, but) hlthe2b Jan 2022 #5

Apparently, Brit Hume also thinks Charles Manson should be free C_U_L8R Jan 2022 #6

They planned a crime, committed a crime just kacekwl Jan 2022 #7

Not to mention he's a wingnut of the highest a-hole degree. UTUSN Jan 2022 #9