Aiding, Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 2
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This report discuses the issues that virtually every federal criminal statute has a hidden feature; helpers and hands-on offenders face the same punishment. This results from 18 U.S.C. 2, which visits the same consequences on anyone who orders or assists in the commission of a federal crime.
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This report discuses the issues that virtually every federal criminal statute has a hidden feature; helpers and hands-on offenders face the same punishment. This results from 18 U.S.C. 2, which visits the same consequences on anyone who orders or assists in the commission of a federal crime.
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Doyle, Charles.Aiding, Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 2,
report,
October 24, 2014;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc491192/:
accessed April 24, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.