Across
- 2. holds that behavior cannot be criminal if no law exists
- 6. used to determine factual causality
- 9. another aspect of due process which refers to a statute defining a crime that is so unclear that a reasonable person of at least average intelligence
- 11. relationship between the men's rea, act
- 12. circumstances refer to the “facts surrounding an event
- 13. cause holds individuals criminally liable for causing harm when it can be shown that the harm
- 14. individuals may not Be tried a second time for the same offense
- 15. legislative act punishing a person or a select group of people without the benefit of a judicial trial
Down
- 1. circumstances are not elements of an offense.
- 3. unlawful act is punishable by a state or other authority.
- 4. is a type of criminal law violation in which parties to the crime willfully participate
- 5. defining crimes may specify that additional elements be present for a conviction to be obtained.
- 7. One that makes an action done before the passing of the law criminal and punishes such action
- 8. surrounding a crime can also be classified as aggravating or mitigating and may, by law, be used to lessen or increase the penalty
- 10. some identifiable harm as an activity
- 11. code of crime