the fact that a person does not realize that he or she is violating the law is a valid excuse?

Question

please help me this is homework and icant find the answer in my textbook.

Answer 1

It's False. Ignorance of the law is NO excuse. I think you got it backwards or heard it wrong.

Answer 2

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse." This is an old, tried-and-true saying. There are certain offences that are self-explanatory--you can't kill someone or rob a bank and them claim that you didn't know homicide and armed robbery were against the law.

On the other hand, the law is not always clear. Being intoxicated in a public place is a misdemeanor in the US and Canada, and usually the police will leave you be unless you're causing trouble. On the other hand, being drunk is a very serious offence in Saudi Arabia and other Fundamentalist Islamic nations. Anyone going to those places should find out about the local customs and laws before the setting off.

My wife and I live in Taiwan. There are big signs at the Arrivals gates at the airport near Taipei, and they say "THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS SEVERE PENALITES FOR NARCOTICS OFFENCES, INCLUDING DEATH." There are a few Americans and Canadians in jail over here, doing years, because they thought that marijuana is not considered a narcotic, or because they thought that foreign laws do not apply to Americans and Canadians.

Let's face it. We have a duty to inform ourselves, and anyway I think that when someone breaks the law the person knows that whatever he or she is doing is illegal.

Answer 3

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Ignorance of the facts is an excuse.

Example: My boyfriend, Slime, asks me to take some oregano to Smash, who is preparing some homemade spaghetti sauce. As I approach Smash's pad, a cop stops me, tests the oregano, and arrests me for possession of marijuana. As it turns out, Slime had given me marijuana, not oregano. But, I had no idea. I've never smelled marijuana, and it looked like oregano. For all I knew, it really was oregano. Am I guilty of possession of marijuana? No, because although I was carrying marijuana, I was ignorant of the fact that the substance was marijuana.

Answer 4

Usually not, you are presumed to know the law because it is available for public inspection.

If the person is insane there might be a reason that they do not know the law, but those type of issues are up tot he defendant to prove.

Answer 5

The loss of the biscuits won't reason the corporate to flow bankrupt, yet shoplifting will reason the fee of things to flow up. wager who that is affecting? There are extra advantageous a thank you to help a homeless individual than to look any opposite direction in the event that they scouse borrow. a minimum of in reformatory he would be fed and function someplace to sleep.

Answer 6

Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The laws of every city, state and municipality is available to all. It is our responsibility to make ourselves aware.

Answer 7

Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
If the violation is not serious, it can be
a 'mitigating factor` at sentencing.

Answer 8

There are some very limited exceptions.

For example, in white collar crime, some courts have decided that lower ranking employees (like secretaries) cannot be held accountable for aiding and abetting their employers crimes unless they knew it was illegal at the time.

Answer 9

Ignorance of the law is no excuse!!


"I didn't see the sign officer"

Answer 10

Ignorance of the law is never an excuse or we could all say "golly, I didn't know murder was illegal. I don't read much."