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Luckily, this applies mostly to English speaking countries. The rest of the world seems to require some actual criminal action for prosecution.

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Lucky for people planning crimes I guess, unlucky for the rest of us.

Edit: Your claim that this is limited to mainly English speaking countries is not even true.

"Most nations prosecute inchoate acts (such as conspiracy and incitation) in their domestic criminal law."

https://www.law.upenn.edu/journals/jil/jilp/articles/1-1_Ste...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense

As far as I can see, most jurisdictions require some action beyond mere thought or talk. Two guys talking over their beers at a bar is not enough. At least that is what the German Wikipedia is saying about European law.

Well sure, you'd have to actually be seriously planning to commit the crime to be prosecuted for it.

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