Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed, Pushed One Off and Now He's DEAD! (jk ;-P)

Did’ga know that…
Actus reus, mens rea, and concurrence are needed for all crime? And when you know what these terms mean, it’s kind of obvious. Actus reus is the actual act, so if you don’t do anything, you don’t commit crime! Imagine that…:-P. Mens Rea is the specific intent to reach a certain conclusion or result, and concurrence means that the act and the result of that act must be within a reasonable amount of time. So, if you throw a rock at someone with the intent of hitting them and you actually hit them (I wouldn’t, my aim is terrible) then you have committed a crime. But if you don’t hit anything, or if you don’t throw the rock in the first place, you are scotch free! Well, unless the person you missed got mad at you and decided to reciprocate (Run awaaaaay!)

Did’ga know that…
Even if you don’t complete a crime, if it can be proven that you were actually going to do the crime and for some reason got stopped or delayed, you can still be charged for that crime? If the prosecutor can prove that you attempted the crime and failed, asked someone else to do the crime for you (even if they don’t do the crime), or agreed with someone else to commit a crime together, you are accountable for that crime. The intent was there, just not the act. But proving this to the point of being able to take it to court is pretty hard. Unless the police stopped you right outside of the bank you were going to rob seconds before you robbed it. Then you’re just out of luck; my sympathies.

P.S. here is a radom youtube video that I found about, not dumb robbers, but suicidal cashiers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN4msh5k1Ew