I'm an assassin but I've lost my memory!

[Jasmine]

@pjd

But they probably wouldn’t believe the amnesia bit…they’d treat it as if you’d
just changed your mind for some reason.

Agreed; ironically, the reward for your newly found altruism would be a very long prison sentence. On the other hand, since you were an assassin, it would be well deserved karma.

[Whack-a-Mole]

Are you saying placing a bomb is only a crime if it blows up and damages things/kills people?

If someone makes a bomb with the intent to damage property and/or kill people but but it fails to go off they are in the clear?

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

You said “the crime was completed.” I asked you what crime you were referring to. This isn’t a debate thread.

[Whack-a-Mole]

I am not a lawyer or police officer but I would be shocked if you told me setting a bomb was legal (not a crime) as long as it does not go off.

Are you suggesting that manufacturing a bomb and placing it is ok legally? As long as it does not go off then the bomb maker and person who placed it somewhere are in the clear?

[Horatius]

@Whack-a-Mole

If someone makes a bomb

Just possessing the bomb is probably a crime, as it would be a “destructive device”. Having one without registering it is a crime, and registering it kind of defeats the purpose of an assassin building their own bomb.

[Moriarty]

@Whack-a-Mole

I would be shocked if you told me setting a bomb was legal (not a crime) as long as it does not go off.

Here is an example of a statute that makes mere possession of a bomb a crime. It is a more serous crime if it does damage.

790.161 Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony; penalties.—A person who willfully and unlawfully makes, possesses, throws, projects, places, discharges, or attempts to make, possess, throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device:

(1) Commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

(2) If the act is perpetrated with the intent to do bodily harm to any person, or with the intent to do property damage, or if the act results in a disruption of governmental operations, commerce, or the private affairs of another person, commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

(3) If the act results in bodily harm to another person or in property damage, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.084.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2022/790.161

So, in the OP’s hypothetical, notifying the cops of your planted bomb may help mitigate that potential criminal liability, but it wouldn’t absolve you completely.

[Lucas_Jackson]

@pjd

But they probably wouldn’t believe the amnesia bit…they’d treat it as if you’d
just changed your mind for some reason.

I believe this as well.