Based on your readings for this week write a response in at least 250-300 words to the following prompt: In discussions of criminal law, wrongful acts are sometimes classified as mala in se (wrong in themselves) or mala prohibita (wrong because they are prohibited). Crimes that are wrong-in-themselves are objectively and universally wrong – they have always, everywhere, been wrong and will continue to be that way. Behaviors such as murder, rape, cannibalism, and incest are common examples of crimes mala in se.
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