Alaska Statutes (Last Updated: January 11, 2017) |
Title 11. CRIMINAL LAW. |
Chapter 11.81. GENERAL PROVISIONS. |
Article 11.81.01. GENERAL PURPOSES. |
Section 11.81.100. General purposes.
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The general purposes of this title are to
(1) proscribe conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;
(2) give fair warning of the nature of the conduct constituting an offense;
(3) define the act or omission and accompanying culpable mental state that constitute each offense and limit the condemnation of conduct as criminal when it is without fault; and
(4) differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses.
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History
(Sec. 10 ch 166 SLA 1978)