Question

Sherry is a 40-year-old white female who frequently participates in prostitution to earn money for her crack habit. She was raised in a single-parent home and has been selling herself for the last 18 years. She has been arrested several times and has no hope that she can make a better life for herself. Frustrated by the police constantly harassing her, Sherry decides to take active measures by targeting local officials. Sherry goes too far, however, and kills the city mayor. Which type of crime would this be?

Answer 1

Answer: She committed a Political Crime.

Even if Sherry was a victim of society, she committed a political crime.

Political crime is a criminal act against and that can prejudice the state, the government and the political system.

The consequences could be many, such as criminalisation may be that a range of human rights, civil rights, and freedoms are curtailed.