... no, considering evil to be a moral reference and not one of criminal nature. Yet, the law secures a statute to run a circle around this moral dilemma, drafting the Criminal Attempts Act of 1981 ("Attempts") to deem a person guilty of an attempt to commit a crime when it can be shown that sufficient evidence exists to prove the defendant took actions that were "more than merely preparatory to the commission of an offense" and the defendant acted with the intent to commit that offense. The issue at hand then becomes a question of interpretation or perspective, answered in the minds of a judge of jury much like the pre-crimes seen in the minds of the pre-cogs. The question asks whether the defendant's actions have been sufficiently proven to be considered progressions beyond mere preparations for the crime, and whether the actor possessed a clear intent to commit the ...

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