The relationship between the ways in which Canadian and U.S. common law and classical Roman law treat blackmail, as d...
Mazenon December 14, 2020
lines 7, 8, and 9
"If I threaten to expose a criminal act or embarrassing private information unless I am paid money, I have committed blackmail."
Am I mistaken that "unless" should be replaced with "if."
Or, we should negate the unless-part for it to make sense that a crime has been committed: "...unless I am NOT paid money, I have committed crime."
Please tell me if I am wrong?
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