Chapter 1
punishable by death or confinement no less than one year
What is felony?
Majority can do anything
What is "pure democracy"?
Latin for "Body of the crime"
What is corpus delicti?
the idea that it's fair and just to punish only people we can blame
What is "blameworthiness"?
a criminal act triggered by criminal intent
What is "criminal conduct"?
inherently evil crimes
What is "malum in se"?
Laws criminalizes an act that was innocent when it was committed
What is "ex post facto laws"?
conduct that causes another person's death
What is "Criminal homicide"?
something that causes a person to act.
What is "motive"?
defendants admits they were responsible for their acts but claim that , under the circumstances , what they did was right
What is "justification defenses"?
wrong only because a statute says that it is a crime
no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
What is the 14th amendment?
Criminal intent
What is "mens rea"?
fault that requires an bad mind in the actor
What is "subjective fault"?
defendants admit what they did was wrong but claim that, under the circumstances, they weren't responsible for what they did
What is "excuse defenses"?
preventing crime among the general population
What is general deterence?
guarantees that the federal government shall not deny any individual life, liberty, or property without due process to law
Fifth amendment to the U.S. constitution
the requirement that all crimes have to include a voluntary criminal act, which is the physical element of a crime and the first principle of criminal liability
What is "actus reus"?
requires no purposeful or conscious bad mind in the actor
What is "objective fault"?
defenses in which defendants are acquitted if they're successful
What is "perfect defenses"?
that state has the burden of proving that the defendant committed the crime
What is "presumption of innocence"?
This means legislation based on random choice or personal whim, not based on reason and standards
What is "arbitrary"?
Criminal Act, Criminal Intent, Concurrence, Attendant circumstances , Bad Results
What are the "five elements of crime"?
liability without either subjective or objective fault
What is "strict liability"?
defendants have to "start matters off by putting in some evidence in support of their justification or excuse defense
What is "affirmative defenses"?