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> No victim means no crime

This isn't true in the least. Jaywalking and speeding can be done in a world with "population: 1", yet caught on camera would constitute a crime.

Well, that example is pretty bad. There is no jaywalking crime when you're the last man on earth.

Technical still a crime, but just demand a jury trial in that case.

Nope, neither of them are crimes and in fact, prosecuting someone for either of them is actually a crime.

You're misusing the word crime here, despite me being very explicit about what I'm talking about.

The law does not determine crime-- morality determines that the law is criminal itself, as I've shown.