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4-letter Words
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Crime Time
F Words
100
This element is the physical act of the crime.
What is ACTUS REUS?
100
The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee a court appearance
What is BAIL?
100
Minimum sentence for a felony.
What is 366 days (or one year and one day)?
100
Attempt, conspiracy and solicitation are examples of this type of incomplete crime.
What are INCHOATE crimes?
100
Your sentence is prison; this is the type of crime you committed.
What is a FELONY?
200
This is the element of intention to commit a crime.
What is MENS REA?
200
Tony Soprano and his friends could have been charged under these laws.
What are RICO statutes?
200
How many dollars a maximum petty misdemeanor will cost you (not including state fees).
What is 300?
200
Incarceration and rehabilitation can be used as a deterrent to prevent this behavior in criminals.
What is RECIDIVISM?
200
These are not protected free speech since they provoke violence; saying them is a crime.
What are FIGHTING WORDS?
300
This type of law criminalizes an act already completed; it is unconstitutional as it violates due process.
What is an EX POST FACTO law?
300
An element of a crime that means actual damage, injury or loss that occurs as a result of the criminal act.
What is HARM?
300
The maximum amount of jail you can serve in a misdemeanor case.
What is 90 DAYS?
300
The taking and carrying away of the property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the other of ownership.
What is THEFT?
300
Part of the actus reus of arson
What is FIRE?
400
An act that is inherently evil or obviously wrong to most members of society.
What is MALA IN SE?
400
Type of crime motivated by bias against the victim's race, religion or other status.
What is a HATE crime?
400
The maximum fine, excluding state surcharge, in a Gross Misdemeanor case.
What is $3,000?
400
Kermit and Miss Piggy are out on a date at the Hoggsbreath Bar in Maplewood, MN. Kermit thoughtlessly orders a salad with flies and bacon on it for his dinner. Furious, Miss Piggy reaches into her purse, gets out a large flyswatter, takes careful aim, and then hits Kermit in the face 39 times, leaving green and purple bruises in many places. At Miss Piggy's criminal trial for simple 5th degree assault, these 4 elements must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt:
What are: 1. Act (Unwanted touching of another); 2. Mental State (Intentionally); 3. Venue (Ramsey County, MN); and 4. Identity (Miss Piggy).
400
A killing of a person that is purposeful, premeditated, deliberate, heinous and/or cruel without any mitigating factors.
What is FIRST DEGREE MURDER?
500
Some attorneys will represent the interests of indigent clients via this activity.
What is PRO BONO work?
500
When police obtain and record basic information, such as name, photograph, fingerprints, and health history, from a suspect.
What is to BOOK?
500
The Amendment which is primarily concerned with individual privacy rights, such as the right to be free from police interferences like searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
500
The taking BY FORCE OR THREAT and carrying away of the property of another FROM THEIR PERSON OR IN THEIR PRESENCE with the intent to permanently deprive the other of ownership.
What is the ROBBERY?
500
The act of knowingly and intentionally making a false representation of a material fact in order to cause an owner to give up property.
What is FRAUD?
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