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Bob Goodlatte: “The Supreme Court has stated that mens rea means the concurrence of an evil-meaning mind with an evil-doing hand.”

On the recordJuly 18, 2013
The Supreme Court has stated that mens rea means the concurrence of an evil-meaning mind with an evil-doing hand.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte references a Supreme Court definition of mens rea in legal discussions.

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