What is the charge for asking someone to commit a crime?

The charge for asking someone to commit a crime is known as criminal solicitation. This charge involves encouraging, requesting, or soliciting another individual to engage in illegal activity. It arises from the intent to have the person commit a crime, even if the crime itself is not carried out. The essence of criminal solicitation is the proactive step taken to incite another person towards criminal behavior, demonstrating a clear intention to further a criminal agenda.

In contrast, conspiracy involves an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, along with an action taken in furtherance of that agreement. Attempted crime refers to taking substantial steps toward committing a crime that ultimately does not occur. Accessory before the fact pertains to a person who assists or encourages the principal offender in a crime but is not directly involved in its commission. Each of these other terms describes different facets of criminal conduct but does not specifically address the act of merely asking or encouraging someone to commit a crime, which is the focus of criminal solicitation.