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Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

One of those exceptions is for physicians who operate under the statute’s registration scheme; registered doctors may prescribe controlled substances in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general. A mens rea requirement, the opinion holds, is essential to separate physicians’ “socially beneficial conduct” from criminal conduct.

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In opioids “pill mill” case, justices grapple with physician intent

SCOTUSBlog

One of those exceptions is for physicians who operate under the statute’s registration scheme; registered doctors may prescribe controlled substances in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general. Adverbs and recollections of elementary-school grammar teachers got a lot of play.

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Detailed Analysis of POCSO Act, 2012

LexForti

Lawyers often fight for postponements due to extraneous factors, and if the sufferer is summoned to trial again six to seven months following the event, their memory of the particular specifics of the incident may get blurred as a result of the postponement.

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Last-chance Hearing: Jan. 6 Committee Has Yet To Establish A Criminal Case Against Trump

JonathanTurley

There were discussions of appointing Trump attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel , seizing voting machines or replacing the Justice Department’s leadership. It is the type of evidence used to show mens rea — “guilty mind.” 18, 2020, meeting when two lawyers seemed close to a physical altercation.