This podcast will focus exclusively on the general Conspiracy statute found at Title 18 USC § 371. State statutes also contain anti-conspiracy laws.
Specific federal anti-conspiracy statutes are found throughout federal law. An important feature of the Conspiracy statute is that it enables the investigator to get beyond the first layer of visible members to find and prosecute the “brains” behind a criminal scheme or organization. The crime of Conspiracy was created to address the inherent dangers posed to society when people come together and join forces to commit criminal acts. Legally, a Conspiracy exists when 2 or more persons join together and form an agreement to violate the law, and then act on that agreement. A Conspiracy can be described generally as a sort of partnership in crime.
DEFINITION FOR CONSPIRE CODE
In a separate podcast, we will also discuss Party Offenses which are found in Title 18 United States Code §§ 2(a), 2(b), 3 and 4. Specifically, we are going to talk about the general Conspiracy statute found at 18 United States Code § 371.
We are here today to discuss Conspiracy law. I previously worked with the City of Atlanta as a prosecutor for 6 years. I am also an instructor with the FLETC, and I have been in the Legal Division since 2007. I came to the FLETC LGD in 2006 from ICE where I served as an Assistant Chief Counsel for 10 years. Hello! I am John Seaman, an attorney assigned to the FLETC, Legal Division at Glynco, GA.
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