Conspiracy Laws in the United States

Why Conspiracy Laws Are Valuable in the United States
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Why Conspiracy Laws Are Valuable in the United States
Conventionally, conspiracy occurs when two or more individuals think of undertaking an illegal activity. However, the government cannot charge people with thinking about engaging in unlawful acts, but when they take a step further toward execution, it can employ conspiracy laws. The only requirement for the application of conspiracy laws is a tacit agreement among members of a group to commit a crime (Cobb, n.d.). The agreement does not have to be a written acknowledgment; even a verbal one is admissible in a court of law. One of the reasons why observers deem them valuable is because they allow the government to charge defendants in court even if the actual crime never happened. As such, they act as deterrents since they discourage people from planning and executing criminal activities. S...