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Originally Posted by fjtorres
phrasing of that specific law requires a "knowing" violation so it came down to intent.
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In general, intent means that you intended to do the act rather than that you knew the act was illegal and intended to break the law. People can get convicted of felonies for doing things that the average person wouldn't know were illegal and would probably not shock even the most delicate conscience.
Someone needs to read through the laws and strip most of that out. Instead it's multiplying like a virus.
As for Edwards, I suspect he would not have been charged had his wife not had the cancer. I also suspect that had the National Enquirer not broken the story, the rest of the media would not have cared.