The elements that must exist for a person to be convicted of a crime include

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and

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.

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If convicted, one of Butler's acts was

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. Butler's mental state was

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. In this case, Butlers computer held many usernames and passwords of third parties and information on his income from the company selling the hacking software. This admission likely would help establish

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Assume Butler engaged in this activity because he owed several thousand dollars in credit card debt. In his criminal case, he may try to argue duress. This

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be a valid defense because

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An indictment would be used in federal district court in Butlers case to

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. To convict Butler of a crime, the judge needs to believe

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that Butler committed the elements of the crime without a valid defense. Based on these facts, Butler likely

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be convicted of a crime.

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What If the Facts Were Different?

Assume that Butler was hired as a computer technician to develop a particular type of software, unaware that it would be used to steal peoples information. As part of his job, he developed many different software applications that harvested public information from the internet and this new software was not different enough to give Butler reason to believe it would be used to harvest private information. Would the result be different?

The act of developing the software, without reasonable knowledge of the criminal activities,

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a wrongful act. Under these facts, Butler had

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of the plan to steal information and

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a wrongful mental state. Given Butlers act and mental state under these facts, Butler likely

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commit a crime.