Read the passage by bartolomé de las casas. [since new spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. these so-called christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. and [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these christians have steadily escalated, the perpetrators having lost all fear of god . . and all sense of self-respect. –bartolomé de las casas according to bartolomé de las casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that they lose respect for themselves and become distanced from god, in whom they claim to believe. spanish explorers were stealing, killing, and murdering the indigenous people of the region. they experienced the violence and bloody tyranny of these christians. the indigenous people of the region were killed by members of the expedition.

Ahusband who believed that his wife was having an affair with his brother hired an arsonist to burn down the brother's house. they planned for the husband to take his brother to a ballgame so that the arsonist would be able to set the house on fire without detection. after the husband and brother left for the ballgame, however, the arsonist decided to abandon the plan and immediately left town without doing anything further. when the husband returned from the ballgame with the brother, he saw the house still standing and blurted out what was supposed to have happened. the husband and the arsonist were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson. at the arsonist's trial, his attorney argued that he was innocent of the conspiracy because he decided not to go ahead with the plan, and nothing criminal had in fact occurred. at common law, how should a jury find the arsonist? a not guilty of conspiracy, because going to a ballgame is not a criminal overt act. b not guilty of conspiracy, because the husband, not the arsonist, committed the overt act. c guilty, because the husband executed his part of the plan. d guilty, because the arsonist agreed to set the brother's house on fire.