Criminal Intent

For Harry and Alice and Ralph.

I have faith in you.

This world is not conclusion;

A sequel stands beyond,

Invisible, as music,

But positive, as sound.

It beckons and it baffles;

Philosophies don’t know,

And through a riddle, at the last,

Sagacity must go.

– Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

The term “bad faith” generally implies a design to mislead or deceive another, or a neglect or refusal to fulfill some duty or contractual obligation, prompted by some interested or sinister motive. Bad faith is not simply bad judgment or negligence, but rather implies the conscious doing of a wrong because of dishonest purpose or moral obliquity.

– Black’s Law Dictionary