Article: Tyco case shows challenge of proving criminal intent

Jonathan D. Glater
International Herald Tribune
04-10-2004
An executive does something that is questionable but that he does not believe is wrong. Prosecutors indict him. His lawyer argues that the executive should be acquitted because he lacked criminal intent. Is he guilty? This legal question was central to the outcome of the recent trial of two former executives at Tyco International, and it will certainly be a factor in cases charging other executives with larceny, fraud and other crimes. And the difficulty of determining an answer offers hope to those other defendants. A lack of criminal intent in the eyes of one juror in the Tyco case, anyway led to a deadlock in the jury room, ...

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