{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-102","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-102","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-102","body":"The general purposes of the provisions governing the definition of offenses are:\n\n(1) To forbid and prevent conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;\n\n(2) To subject to public control persons whose conduct indicates that they are disposed to commit crimes;\n\n(3) To safeguard conduct that is without fault and which is essentially victimless in its effect from condemnation as criminal;\n\n(4) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct declared to constitute an offense; and\n\n(5) To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 28"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=28-102","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"fb065359d495e31a65e6001864400700015b9da2061e12627d889aad757c5f33","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-1019","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-28-1020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}