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- 3. The body of law that defines criminal offences and prescribes punishments for their infractions
- 8. A lesser offence, typically punishable by a fine or up to a year in local jail
- 9. Crimes committed by members of illegal organisations
- 10. A purposeful act or state of mind to commit a crime
- 11. The response to a criminal charge in which the defendant admits to committing the act charged but argues that for some mitigation reason he/she should not be held criminally responsible under the law
- 12. the prosecution of an accused person twice for the same offence; prohibited by the fifth amendment except under certain circumstances
- 15. A generic term for all noncriminal law, usually related to settling disputes between private citizens, governmental, and/or business entities
- 17. The body of law that spells out the elements of criminal acts
- 19. The reason for committing a crime
- 21. A type of government that divides power between a national (federal) government and governments of smaller geographic territories including states, counties, and countries
- 23. The standard used by jurors to arrive at a verdict whether or not the government(prosecutor) has established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
- 24. Police tactics that unduly encourage/ induce an individual to commit a crime he/she typically would not commit
- 26. The requirement that the state must meet to introduce evidence or establish facts
- 27. The legal doctrine that says that, if a death occurs during the commissions of a felony, the perpetrator of the crime may be charged with murder in the first degree, regardless of the absence of intent, premeditation and deliberation
- 28. violent crimes, to include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault
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- 1. Crimes committed by wealthy or powerful individuals in the course of their professions or occupants
- 2. Offences that violate a societies shared norms
- 4. Latin for "guilty mind" The purposeful intention to commit a criminal act
- 5. Crimes during which no violence is perpetrated against a person such as, burglary, theft, and arson
- 6. Rules that set fourth how substantive laws are to be enforced, such as those covering arrest, search and seizure
- 7. The authority to make legal decisions and judgements, often based on geographic area (territory) or the type of case question
- 13. The response by a defendant to a criminal charge, to include denial of the criminal allegations in an attempt to negate or overcome the charges
- 14. Latin for "guilty deed" an act that accompanies one's intent to commit a crime
- 16. Latin for "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth etc." retaliation or revenge that dates back to the bible and the middle ages
- 18. the party bringing a lawsuit or initiating a legal action against someone else
- 20. Latin for "to stand by a decision" a doctrine referring to court precedent, whereby lower courts must follow (and render the same) decisions of higher courts when the same legal issues and questions come before them, thereby not disturbing settled points of law
- 22. A serious offence with a possible sentence of more than a year in prison
- 25. A person against whom a criminal charge is pending; one charged with a crime