Excluding minor traffic violations such as speeding, and also excluding buying selling or using small amounts of recreational drugs, have you committed any criminal acts in your life?
Never (under your definition).
I’d love to see how this brakes down on an age basis.
Shoot I meant to pick the fourth option. I forgot about my occasional weed use up to my early thirties.
Other than that I stole something once when I was a kid. Too much excitement for me! Also I drank a few times as a minor.
Helped steal a case of pints of Old Crow when I was a teen (I was the driver). Got caught, of course, along with several other JDs during a routine traffic stop. Did the usual mischief when I was a kid, including slashing a few tires with a particularly destructive friend of mine.
The OP says “excluding buying selling or using small amounts of recreational drugs,” so your weed usage is fine. In junior high, my friends and I used to lift small items for kicks. In high school, I stole some cheap booze from 7/11. As an adult, as defined by the OP, no crimes.
I shoplifted some candy at age 14 just to see if I could get away with it. I did. I ate the candy, then decided the experience had been pretty stupid and didn’t do it again.
Does public indecency count? We were never caught though!
What about illegally downloading mp3s, does that count?
I stole a Baby Ruth candy bar when I was about 7. I’m 56. I still feel bad about it.
Embezzlement. On being sent to shop at the supermarket at ages 8/9 I sometimes bought an ice cream cone for myself on the way back.
When I was 8 and my sister was 6, one time we filled our purses with candy and snuck out of the store.
Yes, they count.
The Google ad I see right now?
“Accused of HIV-related crimes? You’re innocent- we’ll prove it.”
Hmmm… :dubious:
I checked options two through five.
And yet… I’ve never been to jail.
I’m totally straight now though, I swear.
Does that mean you are a non-gay criminal?
I’m actually a non-gay non-criminal.
I technically committed the crime of criminal trespass and was arrested for it. Paid a fine and that was it. I was in a city park after sunset and wasn’t aware at the time that it was against the law.
Nitpick: If you want to include that, you’ll need to expand the thread title to include civil torts. Downloading copyrighted material is not a “criminal act.”
I hurt somebody’s feelings, once.
If public indecency and pirating music/games count, then yes, both as a child and as an adult.