Crimes Committed
Crimes that are more serious that misdemeanors involving imprisonment of 1 year or longer.
What are felonies?
A lawyers initial "preview" of a case to the judge and jury.
What is an Opening Statement?
Lying on the stand in a courtroom.
What is perjury?
To confine or imprison.
What is incarcerate?
An amount of money you can pay to get a defendant out of pre-trial detention.
What is bail?
Crimes that are less serious than felonies. Typically punishable by less than a year in jail, fines, or probation.
What are misdemeanors?
A lawyers final chance to review a case before its verdict.
What is a Closing Statement?
The legal power to enforce the law or control in a certain area.
What is jurisdiction?
State-sanctioned execution of a person as punishment for a crime.
What is capital punishment?
A claim by the defendant proves they were not there when the crime was committed.
What is an alibi?
The killing of another person without malice, usually resulting from recklessness or criminal negligence.
What is involuntary manslaughter?
Leaving no room for another alternative explanation when questioning innocence.
What is Reasonable Doubt?
Court proceeding that takes place after a defendant is found guilty.
What is a sentencing hearing?
When a figure of authority in a school has evidence or a reasonable belief that justify a warrant-less search.
What is reasonable suspicion?
The primary method of capital punishment in the United States.
What is lethal injection?
Killing of another person without premeditation, usually committed in heat of the moment situations.
What is voluntary manslaughter?
A jury that has no previous bias or correlation to a case in order to secure a fair trail.
What is Impartial Jury?
When a judge or jury determine if there is enough evidence to convict a defendant.
What is a preliminary hearing?
A trial that is rendered unfair through an error in the proceedings.
What is a mistrial?
A summon that requires someone to come to court to testify.
What is a subponea?
Crime that involves the killing of a person during a felony crime during the commission or escape from a crime, even if there is no intent to kill.
What is felony murder?
Guarantees defendants the access to a lawyer and an impartial jury.
What is Assistance of Counsel?
Court hearing where defendant is informed of the charges against them, and where plea negotiations take place.
What is arraignment?
The right to be able to defend yourself in a trial before you are imprisoned.
What is due process?
An act by the president or a state governor to reduce a sentence or pardon an incarcerated individual.
What is clemency?