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Video 1: Mastering Criminal Law: The Actus Reus Example
Description: This video explains actus reus using a practical example.

Video 2: Mens Rea: The Criminal State of Mind
Description: This video presents an overview of mens rea by first introducing and then analyzing the different categories of mens rea.

Video 3: Dan Rather Reports, "The Castle Doctrine," Excerpt
Description: In this brief excerpt from “The Castle Doctrine,” viewers will hear from Marion Hammer, the legendary gun rights crusader and former NRA president who pioneered the first castle doctrine law in Florida, and Jeannie Suk, the Harvard Law School professor who says these laws mark a radical reversal of self-defense concepts that date back to English common law.