What are crimes involving moral turpitude?
Immigrants and non-citizens accused of crimes involving moral turpitude may be removed from the United States…even those with a green card, visa or lawful permanent resident status. These are a category of crimes that usually meets two legal standards: 1) they are intent crimes, and 2) they are reprehensible. Intent Crimes In order for a crime to be considered a CIMT in California, the crime must require deliberate intent or at least recklessness with an actual awareness of the risk. Consequently, crimes involving moral turpitude don’t include strict liability crimes (such as traffic tickets) or negligence crimes. You cannot be convicted of an intent crime if you did not intend to carry it out. For example, assault in California is an intent crime. Therefore, you may not be convicted of assault in California if you did not mean to hit or physically harm someone. Bn contrast, non-intent crimes do not require that you intend to commit the crime in order to be convicted. For example, DU
