Offense Models

Mens Rea Labels

Mens rea labels are trace rows before interpretation. Honesty note: simplified substantive criminal law classroom toy model; not legal advice; not charging, defense, plea, sentencing, or risk advice; structure only; human review required.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy structural offense models, not criminal law, charging advice, defense advice, sentencing advice, or risk assessment. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Mens rea label trace purpose: satisfied via purpose=True compare=True knowledge: satisfied via knowledge=True compare=True recklessness: unknown via recklessness=None compare=True
highlighted = computed this step

Criminal-law toy-model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified classroom substantive-criminal-law model; jurisdictions, statutes, charging decisions, facts, defenses, and sentencing rules vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; structure only; human review required; no charging, defense, plea, or sentencing advice.

toy criminal-law model as of June24,2026\text{toy criminal-law model as of }June 24, 2026

Mens rea is a label trace

The toy trace stores purpose, knowledge, and recklessness as source labels only.

mens rea labels only\text{mens rea labels only}

Example labels

The trace has 3 row(s) and leaves 1 row unknown.

unknown=1\text{unknown}=1

Unknowns are preserved

The compiler does not turn missing mental-state support into a culpability conclusion.

abstain on missing support\text{abstain on missing support}

Diagram note

The trace does not decide intent, knowledge, recklessness, or guilt.

mental state to review\text{mental state to review}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy structural offense models, not criminal law, charging advice, defense advice, sentencing advice, or risk assessment. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Mens rea label trace purpose: satisfied via purpose=True compare=True knowledge: satisfied via knowledge=True compare=True recklessness: unknown via recklessness=None compare=True

Summary

Mental-state models should expose missing support before anyone reads them for legal meaning.

missing support visible\text{missing support visible}