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The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court of the United States?
This kind of murder is premeditated and committed with malice.
What is first-degree murder?
This court has the authority to interpret the Constitution.
What is the Supreme Court of the United States?
This Constitutional amendment guarantees the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
In civil suits, this person is doing the suing.
What is the plaintiff?
This kind of murder results from reckless action that puts everyone involved in extreme danger, even though there is no intent to kill anyone.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
$400: The name for the settlement between two sides that takes place out of court and usually involves some sort of compromise.
What is a plea bargain?
In total, how many rights does the first amendment protect?
What is 5? (Religion, Petition, Press, Assembly, Speech)
This US Amendment to the Constitution guarantees many protections in civil trials
What is the 7th Amendment?
This kind of homicide can be classified as excusable or justifiable because of the killer’s profession or other qualifying measures.
What is Non-Criminal Homicide?
These are written laws that are followed by the United States.
What are statutes?
This clause in the 1st amendment prevents the government from establishing an official state religion.
What is the establishment clause?
This type of tort involves a person who fails to use reasonable care and causes harm.
What is negligence?
This famous murder trial involved a famous football player and the famous catchphrase, “If it [the glove] doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”
What is the OJ Simpson Trial?
This kind of court has appellate jurisdiction.
What are appeals courts?
This constitutional protection allows the press to publish almost anything and not face consequences until after publication.
What is no prior restraint?
The plaintiff must have this in order to win a civil lawsuit.
This country “boasts” the highest homicide rate in the entire world at nearly 61.8 murders per 100,000 people.
What is El Salvador?
The United States uses this system in trial courts.
What is the adversarial system?
What was the only US Amendment to ever have been repealed?
What is the 18th Amendment?