Law
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, ______________ is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
What is the US Constitution?
A _______ case is filed by a private party, typically an individual or corporation, against another individual or corporation
What is Civil?
is a law that sets the maximum amount of time that parties involved in a dispute have to initiate legal proceedings from the date of an alleged offense, whether civil or criminal.
What is Statute of Limitations?
is the most common title for the head of a local police department
What is Chief of Police?
nicknamed "the Juice", is an American former football running back, broadcaster, actor, and advertising spokesman. Once a popular figure with the U.S. public, he is now best known for being tried for the murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
Who is OJ Simpson?
The United States ___ ____ ____ comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Behavior that violates the normative rules, understandings, or expectations of social systems.
What is deviant behavior?
A lawyer who conducts the case against a defendant in a criminal court.
What is a prosecutor?
is a strategy of policing that focuses on developing relationships with community members
What is community policing?
once king of the Chicago rackets. A Prohibition-era gangster, he ruled a multimillion-dollar empire in the 1920s that was fueled by illegal booze, gambling and prostitution.
Who is Al Capone?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The element of crime referring to the "intent" to commit a crime. If present in a homicide case, usually results in a 1st degree murder conviction
What is Malice Aforethought?
When a criminal defendant is prosecuted, the prosecutor must prove the defendant's guilt ______ _ ________ ______.
What is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
3 types of prints that investigators look for at crime scene
What are Patent, Latent & Plastic Prints?
believed in an impending apocalyptic race war, which he termed "Helter Skelter." He orchestrated a series of gruesome murders on consecutive nights in an effort to help precipitate the race war. In 1969, ____ and his followers were convicted in the slaying of actress Sharon Tate and several others.
Who is Charles Manson?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What is the 4th Amendment?
A type of crime completed by taking a punishable step towards the commission of another crime. The basic _________ crimes are attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy
What is an inchoate crime?
is the potential legal defense in which the defendant argues that he or she should not be held responsible or criminally liable for whatever criminal act was committed because the act was committed only out of an immediate fear of injury.
What is a Duress Defense?
It was developed in the 1990s at the New York Police Department to help reduce crime. It was found to be an effective way to accurately track crime and use the information to deploy officers to address it in timely manner.
What is Compstat?
In the 1970s, __________ had a bright future in the Washington State Republican Party; instead, he became one of the most famous serial killers in U.S. history. He often deceived his victims, all women, into thinking that he was injured and in need of help before attacking them.
Who is Ted Bundy?
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited
What is the 18th Amendment?
This person was an American fraudster and financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64.8 billion. He was at one time chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This is a defense in which the defendant introduces evidence, which, if found to be credible, will negate criminal liability or civil liability, even if it is proven that the defendant committed the alleged acts
What is an affirmative defense?
Identical twins have different fingerprints due to small differences in ridge patterns, called
What is Minutiae?
is considered as one of the greatest American rappers of all time. Talent and trouble went hand in hand in _____ journey to fame; the higher he rose in his iconic status, the deeper he became entangled in gang violence and an infamous rivalry, which sadly led to his untimely demise.
Who is 2Pac?