Conspiracy Theory Versus Conspiracy Fact
This article will address the legal definition of "conspiracy." If you watch the news, or read articles on the internet, you will hear people regularly throw around the term "conspiracy theory." Most people don't realize the difference between theory and fact, nor how a theory can become a fact. Remember, theories are ideas. However, when criminal investigators find (or receive) real evidence that people have committed a crime, or are currently planning a crime, then investigators are no longer dealing with theory. To always characterize ideas as "crazy theories" is naïve. Calling something a "conspiracy theory" doesn't mean it isn't real or legit. Oxford Dictionary definitions: " Conspiracy " - /kənˈspɪrəsi/ noun: (1) a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful, and (2) the action of plotting or conspiring. " Theory " - /ˈθɪəri/ noun: an idea used to account for a situation o