On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Proposal: Decriminalization > (AI = 2, please) > > Create a rule titled "Decriminalization" with Power 2 and this text: > > If a rule defines a method of breaching it as decriminalized, then > no person SHALL initiate a criminal case alleging that that rule > has been breached by that method, unless the defendant intended to > breach it by that method by performing the alleged action.
I don't like this, because then it's the initiator's opinion whether the defendant intended to breach the rule. How about, instead, such a criminal case can be initiated, but the only valid sentence is DISCHARGE if (in the judge's opinion) e did not intend to breach it?