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is required for an act to be deemed criminal. Other refinements have also been introduced in the law. Nettler notes that there is no crime without capacity, meaning the ability to form the necessary intention. This is one reason why young people of a certain age are not considered to be culpable for their actions--they lack the capacity to form the requisite intent and also why insanity is a defense in certain cas

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