Misprision is an old law; albeit, not as old as the one handed to Moses that influenced its original construction – the Commandment to honor our fathers and mothers – and a relatively young law in this country.
In 16th Century England, misprision was applied to treason – a crime treated differently in today’s United Kingdom – according to what I lightly call my alma mater, “the Wiki School of Law”.
With the development of the modern law, this crime has been discarded in most jurisdictions (it was abolished in England & Wales in 1967), and is generally only applied against persons placed in a special position of authority or responsibility. Continue reading “Misprision – What is a “reasonable” time?”