On: AFP Spent $500k Trying to Lock Up Autistic 13-Year-Old on Terrorism Charges

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if you stop something before it happens, no crime has been committed.

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> if you stop something before it happens, no crime has been committed.

Attempting to kill people is a crime in most jurisdictions, even if someone stops you before you actually do it.

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Planning crimes, is in itself, often criminal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense

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Classic “engineers pretend to understand the law” logic.