What is a Conspiracy Charge?

In New Jersey, the Bridgegate Scandal is such an obvious political attack. The wholesale piling on of Christie, is of course their way of discrediting his potential presidential nomination before it even gets out of the gate.

Both of these "Corporate" political parties are afraid of his genuine public appeal and couple that with the fact that he has made known to the parties in charge, that "he isn't blown dry."

"Conspiracies can involve just two people, but more commonly there are many co-conspirators."

Really? What is the difference between a "conspirator" and a "co-conspirator"? There isn't one. The term is simply "conspirator." "Co-conspirator" is a nonsense term that is used because the media is lazy and the population are dullards.

Person A was charged with conspiring with person B to steal 40.000£. The case is going to the Crown court, but I am innocent.

The police believe there is proof, but this is stupid. The only thing is that I received a phone call from person B and person B called person C who was at the scene of the robbery.

I'm person A so I am the one who was robbed, but this is stupid. Person B is my best friend. We talked on the phone many times a day and person B has a Coffee shop. Person C is a customer and he normally calls him to order cakes and sometimes lunch for a particular time, but because we were in the same place, the police think this is a connection, but is just a coincidence. What is likely to happen now?

Person A was charged with conspiring with person B to defraud the VAT. The case went to the Crown court and A was acquitted of charges on counts 1,2 and 3.

Person B is waiting for a mention for trial. I want to know if A is free of all charges, then should not person B be tried on count 1 and set free?

@turkay1-- Yea, it's basically the worst felonies you can think of, like- murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping, corruption, forced prostitution and robbery.

For some reason though, we are always inclined to think of conspiracy as political or financial conspiracy. But as the article mentioned, these are the ones that are heavily presented in media, so that's probably why.

This is a very good article.

I believe that conspiracy can only be applied to certain acts though right? It can't be charged for every illegal act. If that was true, there would be more conspiracy charges in the U.S. than any other charge.

Plus, conspiracy is not very easy to prove. Most of the planning is done in secret. It might even take years for people to finish planning and finally take action. And of course, there should be enough evidence if the goal is to jail the conspirators or make them pay a fine. It's a difficult process in my view.

Do you know which exact illegal acts can be charged with conspiracy?

It doesn't mean that a crime is committed for there to be a conspiracy charge. It's enough if they tried. There are three steps to it. First, there must be a plan, secondly, all parties must have agreed and finally, there must be an action.

The action is the most important, because it shows that they are fully committed and willing to doing something illegal. They can be charged with conspiracy thereafter, whether or not they succeeded in their plan.

I think that's probably the part most conspirators don't think about. They don't realize that even a minor act can be enough to take them to court and if proven, prosecute them.