Crimes Without a Mental State – Trending Upwards?

by KevinH on December 22, 2011

Fellow attorney and blogger Nathaniel Burney has noticed a disturbing trend in criminal law. More and more crimes are being created/committed that do not contain a mental state. In other words, a person may commit the crime and have no knowledge that their act is criminal.

Here’s the link…

http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2011/12/14/exceeding-their-authority-when-bureaucrats-create-new-crimes-justice-suffers/

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