Chapter 4 Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The willful, malicious and repeated following, harassing or contacting of another person
  2. 4. a defense based on involuntary intoxication
  3. 7. Crimes are __ into categories such as felony or misdemeanor based on severity and type of offenses
  4. 9. the circumstances which connect the illegal act and the guilty mind
  5. 10. a defense reliant upon the fact that the defendant was forced to commit the crime
  6. 11. The law of personal injuries
  7. 12. A defense used when commission of the was done under extreme circumstances and could not be avoided
  8. 13. All law that is not criminal, including tort, contract, personal property and commercial
  9. 15. defines the rules of practice for the criminal justice system; such as rules of evidence, arrests and search and seizure.
  10. 17. a defense to a crime based on the willingness of the victim to be a participant in the actions
  11. 19. less serious crimes punishable by fine or imprisonment in a county jail
  12. 21. the German and Anglo-Saxon system featuring monetary compensation for crimes or injuries
  13. 22. the body of rules that define crimes, set out punishments AND mandate the procedures for carrying out criminal justice processes
  14. 25. ___Criminal Law; the body of specific rules that define crimes and set their punishments
  15. 26. Serious crimes punishable by death or imprisonment in a penitentiary
  16. 27. a defense based on the fact that police used traps decoys and deception to induce criminal action
  17. 28. Excuse defenses ultimately rest on proving the lack of ___
  18. 29. the document to which all laws within the United States must conform
  19. 30. A guilty mind: the intent to commit a criminal act
  20. 31. the branch of law that deals with the government and its relationships with people and other governments
  21. 32. Helping people commit suicide
Down
  1. 1. Crimes which are prohibited by authority and may not be inherently evil, IE speeding.
  2. 3. an illegal act, or failure to act when legally required
  3. 5. a defense to a crime based on the fact that the defendant faced imminent danger of death or harm and had no reasonable means of escape
  4. 6. a defense that may be used by police officers, fire fighters and first responders for law violations committed while in the line of duty
  5. 8. a defense for a criminal act claiming that the criminal act was reasonable or necessary under the circumstances
  6. 14. Circuit ___ travel around to several counties to hear and rule on court cases
  7. 16. Criminal __: liability that can occur when a person's careless and inattentive actions cause harm
  8. 18. a defense in which a person states that his or her mental state was so impaired that he or she lacked the capacity to form sufficient intent to be held criminally responsible
  9. 19. crimes which are inherently evil and depraved on their own.
  10. 20. a law that makes an act criminal after the act was committed.
  11. 23. A defense to a criminal charge in which the suspects state of mind negates his criminal responsibility
  12. 24. A system wherein judges are bound to follow the law established in previously set cases, unless a higher authority overturned those rulings