When I say crimes against the state I not only refer to crimes like those of bribery and corruption committed by any public official, but I mean such a crime as murder, as any similar hideous misdeed, where the offence is not merely against the individual, but against the entire community.
Roosevelt expands the definition of crimes against the state to include serious offenses that harm the community.
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