Crimes
The more serious of the two types of crimes
What is a Felony?
The amendment that protects individuals from self incrimination and double jeopardy
What is the Fifth?
What is a life sentence?
The early release of a prisoner to serve their sentence outside of prison (usually to free up space in prison)
What is parole?
The less serious of the two types of crimes
The amendment that protects individuals from unreasonable search and seizure
What is the Fourth?
Maximum sentence for a first degree felon
What is 99 years and/or fine of $10,000
The problem with private prisons in Texas
What is poor treatment?
The simplest defense for criminal liability
What is Innocence?
Punishable by death penalty in Texas
What is a Capital Felony?
The amendment that guarantees the right to an attorney
What is the Sixth?
The type of court in which charged felons are tried
What is a District Court?
When an individual is released from prison and shortly reoffends and returns
What is Recidivism?
Evidence proving the defendant was elsewhere at the time of the crime
What is an Alibi?
The court case that specified officers are required to inform individuals of their protected rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Punishable by fine only (Up to $500)
What is a Class C Misdemeanor?
Texas' rank in incarcerated adults among the fifty states
What is 1st?
Police abusing their power to induce a person to commit a crime
What is entrapment?
Arson is classified as this type of felony
What is Class B?
The action in which the defendant admits their guilt in exchange for a lesser sentence
What is a plea bargain?
Maximum sentence for a Second Degree Felony
What is ~$62?
A defense in which a person commits a crime to prevent significant harm to a person (Ex. Stealing a car to drive a gunshot wound victim to a hospital)
What is Necessity?