Definitions, Definitions, Definitions.

In the debut episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 1 of the Penal Code, concerning General Provisions. They break down the long list of definitions within the Penal Code to give listeners a more palatable understanding of the legal terminology necessary for applying the law.

Who's burden is it to bear?

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 2 of the Penal Code, concerning the Burden of Proof. Through multiple examples based on text law, Jim and Amy provide a comprehensive understanding of how the burden of proof is decided and to what level that proof must reach.

If you do multiple crimes, you may do multiple times.

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 3 of the Penal Code, concerning Multiple Prosecutions. By looking further into the code, Jim and Amy give a more approachable understanding of how multiple crimes are charged and prosecuted.

When is someone at fault?

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 6 of the Penal Code, concerning General Culpability. By looking further into the code, Jim and Amy give a more approachable understanding of how culpability is assessed and asserted.

Guilty by association.

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 7 of the Penal Code, concerning Criminal Responsibility. As they dig into the code, Jim and Amy give a more approachable understanding of how people can be charged through complicity, collaboration, or association.

Valid defenses, mend fences.

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 8 of the Penal Code, concerning General Defenses to Criminal Responsibility. By diving further into the code, Jim and Amy give a better understanding of citizen's legal defenses and the level of proof necessary for those defenses to be utilized by defendants in the event of a criminal case.

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 12 of the Penal Code, which concerns Criminal Punishments. As they dig into the code, Jim and Amy give a comprehensive understanding of the classification of offenses and the associated punishments.

In this episode of BPOC Basics, hosts Jim McGregor and Amy Tyson discuss Chapter 15 of the Penal Code, which covers Preparatory Offenses. As they discuss the code, Jim and Amy look to provide the audience with a better understanding of how people can be charged with intent to commit an offense even if it isn't executed fully and the criminal liability associated with the offense.