Model Penal Code (MPC)

Model Penal Code (MPC)

Definition

A text developed by the American Law Institute in 1962 intended to guide state legislatures in crafting criminal statutes with an eye to standardizing criminal laws from state to state, heavily used by at least half the states in the development of their criminal codes.

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