What are the eight exceptions to the rule that all persons are capable of committing crimes?
What will be an ideal response?
a. Children under the age of 14, in the absence of clear proof that, at the time of committing the act charged against them, they knew its wrongfulness.
b. Persons who are mentally incapacitated (IQ from 0 to 24 on a standard Binet test).
c. Persons who committed the act or made the omission charged under ignorance or mistake of fact which disproves any criminal intent.
d. Persons who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof.
e. Persons who committed the act or made the omission charged through misfortune or by accident, when it appears that there was no evil design, intention, or culpable negligence.
f. Persons who committed the act or made the omission under threats or force sufficient to show they would have suffered or did believe their lives were endangered if they refused.
g. Human-trafficking victims who were forced to commit the offense, except as to serious or violent felonies or human trafficking.
h. Minors committing an act that would be prostitution if committed by an adult.
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