From the text also doesn’t seem like he knew he was picking up drugs, if I’m told I have to look for a package and I’ll get paid 7K it’s totally different than if I’m being told it’s shit. Like, I could suspect, but still I’m not agreeing to a drug deal, it could be a cake afaik.
The sad part is that drug crimes were made strict liability a long time ago (goodbye mens rea). I think it was in response to smugglers who would claim they were unaware of the drugs in their belongings, they’d claim those were planted on them.
From the text also doesn’t seem like he knew he was picking up drugs, if I’m told I have to look for a package and I’ll get paid 7K it’s totally different than if I’m being told it’s shit. Like, I could suspect, but still I’m not agreeing to a drug deal, it could be a cake afaik.
The sad part is that drug crimes were made strict liability a long time ago (goodbye mens rea). I think it was in response to smugglers who would claim they were unaware of the drugs in their belongings, they’d claim those were planted on them.
So it was necessary to undermine that excuse.