Regulatory Crimes and the Mistake of Law Defense
No one should be convicted of a crime if no reasonable person would have known, and if the defendant did not know, that the conduct charged against him was criminal.
Source: heritage.org
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No one should be convicted of a crime if no reasonable person would have known, and if the defendant did not know, that the conduct charged against him was criminal.
A mistake of law defense would restore the fundamental principle of “fair warning” to the criminal law, protecting the blameless from unfair punishment.