Activity 8

3. The use of force to prevent death, bodily harm, rape, or kidnapping
5. Wrongful taking of someone else's property
9. Punishable offense against society.
10. Pleading guilty to a less serious crime in exchange for having a more serious charge dropped
11. Action that hinders the administration of justice
12. Disprove, justify, or excuse the alleged crime
13. The willful and illegal burning or exploding of a building
15. The agreement between two or more people to commit a crime
16. Giving anything of value to influence performance of an official in carrying out their legal duties
17. Offenses committed in the business world.
19. Based on problems with the way evidence is obtained or how the accused is arrested, questioned, tried, or punished

1. Obtaining money by lying about the past
2. Crime punishable by confinement for more than a year in a state prison, and/or a fine more than $1,000.
4. Also know as blackmail, obtaining something through fear, wrongful force, or power of office.
6. Crime punishable by confinement for no more than a year in a county/city jail, and/or a fine no more than $1,000.
7. Any penalty provided by law and imposed by the court
8. Legal position taken by an accused to defeat the charges against them.
10. A reasonable ground for belief
14. Falsely making or altering a writing to defraud another
18. Freedom from prosecution even if one has committed the crime charged