I'm onboard with Evan's abolish-conspiracy-doctrine take, but there are some problems with accomplice liability mens rea that would need to be fixed to make a conspiracy-free system work. 1/
Corey Rayburn Yung
1. Criminal conspiracy is being abused by fascists
2. Criminal conspiracy is terrible and should be abolished, in no small part because it is always abused by fascists
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof
the extent to which federal prosecutors charge conspiracy should really make us question the entire doctrine's existence. actions that *feel* like unlawful stretches are often totally lawful, because the doctrine is so expansive. @evanbernick.bsky.social has a great piece on conspiracy abolition:
Criminal conspiracy seems as American as apple pie. Every state criminalizes conspiracy, and there are dozens of federal conspiracy statutes. The crime of
