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Jul 20, 2026
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The odyssey of a hypothetical offender
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The odyssey of a hypothetical offender
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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The Supreme Court invented its first hypothetical offender in 1987. The offender has come up in hundreds of criminal cases since then.
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