Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Crimes involving moral turpitude

Kevin here.

I've been doing a little work on the consequences of guilty pleas for non-citizens, and one of the most important elements in determining those consequences is whether the crime involves something called "moral turpitude." Now, moral turpitude has nothing to do with the severity of the crime, but rather, requires that a crime be both "per se morally reprensible" and intrinsically wrong (or malum in se). Unfortunately, different judges have, well, different views of what is that means. For example, in Wisconsin, failure to support a child is a CIMT, but in Texas and Ohio, child abandonment is not. Still think you can tell the difference? Try taking this short quiz to see whether you can determine which of the following are considered crimes of moral turpitude.

1 comment:

  1. WAHOO! I can totally be an attorney now. I could correctly advise 11 out of 12 clients. Thats a good percentage, right?

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