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Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country is a 1993 book by Peter McWilliams, in which he presents the history of legislation against what he feels are victimless crimes, or crimes that are committed consensually, as well as arguments for their legalization. [1] [2] The book is divided into five ...
A consensual crime is a public-order crime that involves more than one participant, all of whom give their consent as willing participants in an activity that is unlawful. . Legislative bodies and interest groups sometimes rationalize the criminalization of consensual activity because they feel it offends cultural norms, or because one of the parties to the activity is considered a "victim ...
A victimless crime is an illegal act that typically either directly involves only the perpetrator or occurs between consenting adults. [1] Because it is consensual in nature, whether there involves a victim is a matter of debate.
"The right to a trial by jury of our peers is core to our system of justice," said Sam Gedge, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, in a statement after the Indiana Supreme Court's ...
Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that determined a U.S. state violated due process by involuntarily committing a criminal defendant for an indefinite period of time solely on the basis of his permanent incompetency to stand trial on the charges filed against him.
Sarah Pender's trial was held at Marion Superior Court in July 2002, with James Nave as the defending attorney, Larry Sells as the prosecuting attorney, and presiding judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. Sells was known for his recently failed campaign to become prosecutor of Hamilton County , in which he had highlighted his success with convicting ...
DELPHI, Ind. ― A jury of five men and seven women on Monday found Richard Allen guilty of all four charges in the deaths of Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German.. The jury ...
With his brother Chris Garrison, Greg Garrison Archived 2019-04-12 at the Wayback Machine is a lawyer in the Garrison Law Firm, LLC specializing in personal injury, business law, and general litigation. [3] Previously, Garrison presided over civil cases in the Marion County, Indiana Prosecutor's Office.