It's suspected that the adulterated Magentum some businesses dumped into the sewer is what is responsible for the pollution in our country's lakes and rivers. Some government officials think there should be a new crime recognized related to dumping industrial waste into sewers. What's a legal obstacle that makes it difficult to charge businesses with crimes?     It's impossible to prove the requisite actus reus.     Crimes require mens rea and it's hard to argue that a business had the culpability of a guilty mind.     You can never charge a business with a strict liability crime.     There are no legal obstacles

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It's suspected that the adulterated Magentum some businesses dumped into the sewer is what is responsible for the pollution in our country's lakes and rivers. Some government officials think there should be a new crime recognized related to dumping industrial waste into sewers. What's a legal obstacle that makes it difficult to charge businesses with crimes?

   

It's impossible to prove the requisite actus reus.

   

Crimes require mens rea and it's hard to argue that a business had the culpability of a guilty mind.

   

You can never charge a business with a strict liability crime.

   

There are no legal obstacles

 

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