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This 4-page paper discusses criminal and legal issues such as solicitation, conspiracy and the castle doctrine. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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An individual is guilty of solicitation if that person "commands, encourages or requests" someone else to engage in criminal behavior (Criminal Solicitation, 2012). Interestingly enough, the individual can be convicted
of soliciting, even if the individual he or she tries to influence refuses to commit the specific crime (Criminal Solicitation, 2012). Anyone watching
detective shows on television might thing that solicitation refers only to prostitution. But there are many types of solicitation - one example is if an individual encourages a friend to
break into a house. Even if the friend refuses, the individual could still face solicitation charges. Another example is if, in high school, one student tries to encourage another to
participate in illegal substance abuse, such as smoking marijuana or taking heroine. Though the second student might have agreed on his own free will, the initiator would still get the
book thrown at him. Now, there is more to solicitation than just saying someone was adept at convincing someone else. A person cant
be convicted of criminal solicitation on uncorroborated testimony (Criminal Solicitation, 2012). There needs to be proof that the defendant solicited (by her own agreement) and that the object being solicited
agreed to indulge in criminal activity (Criminal Solicitation, 2012). In other words, both solicitor and the person being solicited need to agree that the intent of the solicitor was to
encourage the other individual toward criminal activity. This isnt easy to do - its hard to make the defendant agree to having led someone else astray, though the defendant might
agree to such a charge to offset a more serious one. Some conspiracy statutes require evidence of an overt act by one
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