But the finding nonetheless adds weight to the idea that controlling crime requires much more than longer sentences.

Should crime require a repetition, the evil chief would again summon his cohorts.

The crime, officials said, hardly required a sharp criminal mind, or much effort.

They also said that particularly heinous crimes require the death penalty.

All crimes require opportunity but not every opportunity is followed by crime.

This is because the crime of indecent assault requires the defendant to do something to the victim.

Other crimes require the act to produce a legally forbidden consequence.

"What crime," he asked eventually, "would require the amputation of a hand under Federation law?"

Not all crimes require specific intent, and the threshold of culpability required may be reduced.

This crime against humanity requires a determined and unified response.