The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 8: What Have You Done?
Page 1: Actus Reus
The Criminal Lawyer’s Guide to Criminal Law (with pictures!)
Part 8:”What Have You DONE?”
Before the State can punish someone for having committed a crime, it first has to prove that the crime was committed, and that it was committed by this particular person.
Lawyer making a speech to a jury.
At trial, it is usually up to the jury to decide whether the government actually managed to prove all of that.
Jury. Noun. Def: “A social body typically characterized by the possession of 24 legs, and no brain. See also, committee.”