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PowerToThePeople

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6. There is a legal term...
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 01:31 AM
Dec 2013

Accessory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessory_%28legal_term%29#Knowledge_of_the_crime

To be convicted of an accessory charge, the accused must generally be proved to have had actual knowledge that a crime was going to be, or had been, committed. Furthermore, there must be proof that the accessory knew that his or her action, or inaction, was helping the criminals commit the crime, or evade detection, or escape. A person who unknowingly houses a person who has just committed a crime, for instance, may not be charged with an accessory offense because they did not have knowledge of the crime.


Proof is in the posting history
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