28-102 Purposes; principles of construction. - Nebraska Statutes

28-102. Purposes; principles of construction.The general purposes of the provisions governing the definition of offenses are:(1) To forbid and prevent conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;(2) To subject to public control persons whose conduct indicates that they are disposed to commit crimes;(3) To safeguard conduct that is without fault and which is essentially victimless in its effect from condemnation as criminal;(4) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct declared to constitute an offense; and(5) To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses. SourceLaws 1977, LB 38, § 2.