According to the courts, accidents occur when there is no mens rea. Shelby was recently found not guilty of strong-arm robbery. She had a jury trial that ruled in her favor. Moments after the ruling came down, Shelby turned and looked at the jury and said, "Ha, ha, I am guilty and there is nothing you can do about it now."
Offenders who do not have mens rea should not be found guilty. True Entrapment cannot be used as a defense in a criminal trial. False The insanity defense is used in most cases in the American criminal justice system.
A major exception to the mens rea principle is called strict liability Entrapment occurs when a police officer entices a citizen to commit a crime that he or she was not predisposed to commit When people break the law in order to save themselves or prevent a greater harm, they will likely