Labels:book | daily | reckoner | sky OCR: 349 U.S 81, 83 {1955}; United States Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp. 344 U.S. 218 221 222 (1952) Application of the rule lenib nsures hai criminal statutes will provide concern in cond red illegal n strikes the appropriate balance between the legislature. the prosecutor, and the court defining crimi inal liability. See United States Bass, SuUrA, 348 {"[B]ecause of the seri iousness of criminal penalties and because criminal pun- ishment usually represents the moral condem- nation of the community: legislatures pue not courts should define criminal activity Although the rule of lenity nou to be applied where do so would conflict with the implied Q ressed intent Congress, provides time -honored interpretive guideline when the congressional purpose unclear Liparota U.s (Emphasis added) Irt the ...
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