{"id":185,"date":"2012-10-17T23:11:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T03:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-08-12T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:20:13","slug":"4-culpability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"4. Culpability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law
Chapter 6: Mens Rea
Page 4: Who deserves punishment?<\/p>\n

NARRATOR<\/em><\/p>\n

How do we know what someone deserves?<\/p>\n

Or, to put it another way, what makes one person more CULPABLE than another?<\/p>\n

Average Joe looking confident<\/em><\/p>\n

AVERAGE JOE<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s obvious!

The more harmful the act,
the more guilty they, um\u2026<\/p>\n

Joe thinking<\/em><\/p>\n

JOE<\/em><\/p>\n

Hang on, “guilty” isn’t the same as “culpable,” is it\u2026<\/p>\n

Joe wondering<\/em><\/p>\n

JOE<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026or\u00a0IS<\/strong><\/span> it?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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