Attempt: An Overview of Federal Criminal Law
Description:
It is not a crime to attempt to commit most federal offenses. Unlike state law, federal law has no generally applicable crime of attempt. Congress, however, has outlawed the attempt to commit a substantial number of federal crimes on an individual basis. In doing so, it has proscribed the attempt, set its punishment, and left to the federal courts the task of further developing the law in this area. This report gives a background on, defines, explores defenses of, the sentencing of, and relatio…
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Date:
September 13, 2011
Creator:
Doyle, Charles
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department