Sentence examples for a crime of intention from inspiring English sources

The fact that she dies for a crime of intention, of thought, gives the book a further modern resonance.

"Genocide is a crime of intention, we don't need to wait until these 2.5 million die," he said before the hearing.

And for now, there is no way to see intention in the scans – there is no record of a crime, of innocence, of morality, of honesty.

Piracy is a crime of international jurisdiction.

Detectives called it a "crime of opportunity".

Arguing that a crime cannot exist without intention and that intention cannot be attributed to a minor, he convinced the judge to release Sofi on bail.

It was always a question of intention.

A statement of intention places values first.

Many criminal statutes include a specific requirement of intention, typically using words like "willfully" or "knowingly" in the definition of the crime.

Her comments on Bishop Eamon Casey, who as a parish priest fathered a child with local woman Annie Murphy, were also staggering, saying that Murphy, who was "sexually experienced" (as if that were a crime) targeted him with the intention of having a child and that Casey "was the powerless one once the bedroom door was shut".

It was a coldhearted crime of vengeance.