Across
- 3. rule a test applied to determine whether a person accused of a crime was sane at the time of its commission.
- 4. ReusCrime- an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable law
- 6. Law the law as established by the outcome of former cases
- 8. the action of showing something to be right or reasonable.
- 9. Rea the intention or knowledge of wrong doing that constitute part of crime.
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- 1. a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
- 2. n criminal law, entrapment is a practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit. It is a conduct that is generally discouraged and thus, in many jurisdictions, is a possible defense against criminal liability.
- 5. a written law passed by a legislative body.
- 7. minor wrongdoing.