No litigation procedures for unit crime are written in the criminal law of our country and the study of this problem is to fill in the blanks of criminal procedure law of the state criminal law.

But realistically, in the United States, this dispute would have yielded a civil suit, not a criminal action — since, in practice, state prosecutors leave these matters for civil actions.

At Charlestown State Prison, Malcolm boasted about his criminal exploits, got high on nutmeg, and met a jailhouse autodidact who convinced him of the virtues of books.