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Dirk Dauber Thought About Murdering His Wife, Lynda, So He

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Dirk Dauber thought about murdering his wife, Lynda, so he could inherit her money. Over a period of time, he developed and refined an elaborate scheme to commit the murder. He even wrote a step-by-step plan that he kept in his computer. Lynda found the files during a routine inspection of his files. Is he guilty of any crime?


A) Saving the computer files comprises the wrongful (and stupid) act and he is guilty of attempted murder.
B) In the absence of any open, outward, manifested act, he had not yet committed a crime.
C) He is guilty of the new felony - abuse of computer files in the second degree - when he recorded his base human thoughts to possible artificial intelligence.
D) He would be guilty, but Lynda's acts were an unlawful search and seizure.

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