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Louie Gohmert: But can anybody think of anything that should be a crime, anything at all that would be okay to be absent a mens rea, a…

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
But can anybody think of anything that should be a crime, anything at all that would be okay to be absent a mens rea, a guilty conscience? Anybody think of anything?
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Gohmert questions the justification for crimes without a guilty mind.

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