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10 sty 2022 · Under the willful blindness (WB) doctrine widely employed in federal criminal prosecutions, courts extend a statutory “knowledge” or “willfulness” requirement to encompass “willful blindness” or “deliberate indifference.”
Biblical and Spiritual discernment is an area where most Christians stumble. Many Christians exhibit little ability to measure the things they are taught against the infallible standard of God's Word, and they find themselves engaging in all kinds of unbiblical decision-making and behavior.
Under the willful blindness doctrine widely employed in federal criminal prosecutions, courts expand a statutory “knowledge” or “willfulness” requirement to encompass “willful blindness” or “deliberate indifference.”
29 lip 2019 · We start the introduction to this special issue by arguing that the intrinsic instability of willful blindness draws valuable attention to the graded nature of intentionality and perception,...
WILLFUL BLINDNESS: THE HAZARDS OF AN EVOLVING STANDARD OF KNOWLEDGE Alex Daniel* I. INTRODUCTION Many clever first year law students, suffering from the rigors and strains of their first class on criminal law, will instinctively turn to their Black's Law Dictionary for guidance when asked what it means to have knowledge.
Under the willful blindness doctrine widely employed in federal criminal prosecutions, courts expand a statutory “knowledge” or “willfulness” requirement to encompass “willful blindness” or “deliberate indifference.”
The doctrine of "willful blindness" imputes subjective knowledge of illegal activity to a defendant and is used in both civil and criminal proceedings as a substitute mental state that fully satisfies a required mens rea of knowledge. See infra notes 57-64 and accompanying text for an in-depth discussion of the willful blindness doctrine.
