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Answer:
- The mugging of the police officer: purposeful
- The theft/disappearance of the fingerprints: knowing or negligent
- The arson: purposeful or reckless
Explanation:
Mens rea means "a guilty mind" as is required to prove a crime, along with actus reus (the criminal act). A purposeful mens rea means a crime was intentionally commited. A negligent mens rea is the failure to do what a reasonable person would do. A knowing mens rea means the potential result of a criminal act (such as lending a gun to someone who intends to shoot another person). A reckless mens rea increases risk to others, like driving under the influence.
Together, actus reus and mens rea form the corpus delicti or, both the criminal act and guilty mind.
Extends the tap-and-trace provisions of existing wiretap statutes to the Internet, and mandates certain technological modifications at ISPs to facilitate electronic wiretaps on the Internet
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Option A
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Explanation:
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After the fall out of terrorist attacks on September 11 2001 American congress has passed the USA Patriot Act to protect the American society from the attack of terrorism.
This act specifically allows the federal agency officials to have control over the internet communication and they can intercept the local and foreign calls which are called tap and trace.
The purpose of tap and trace of calls is for collecting the information about the terrorist activities and also for foreign intelligence.
I think defendants should have to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to be convicted is more appropriate.
<h3>Who is a Defendant?</h3>
This is referred to as the individual or group which have been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court.
It is more appropriate for the defendants to be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to be convicted because the jury will employ the use of evidences and testimonies in other to give a verdict. This ensures fair judgement and prevent innocent from being punished unjustly.
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