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NedoftheHill 47388 posts Joined:
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Traffic violations is the easiest example to offer. You don't have to intend to speed. Speeding is a strict liability offense. If you did the act, you are guilty.

Intent to commit a crime is not required in a statutory rape case. You don't have to prove that concensual sex with a minor was intended, only that consensual sex occurred (the intended legal act) and that one party was a minor (no intent necessary).

Do those two cases change the above principles?

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

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