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Jim Sensenbrenner: Nobody should be convicted of a crime that doesn't have the intent to do something that the law forbids.

On the recordJune 13, 2013
Nobody should be convicted of a crime that doesn't have the intent to do something that the law forbids.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the importance of intent in criminal convictions.

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