Crimes v. Noncriminal wrongs
Definition of crime
What is wrong against society?
Punishable by death or confinement no less than one year
What is felony?
What is Actus Reus, Mens rea, concurrence?
No state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The principle of concurrence
What is all crimes (except strict liability crimes) require concurrence?
Definition of torts
What is wrong against individuals?
punishable by a fine or confinement by less than one year
What is misdemeanor?
Purpose of Actus Reus
What is helps prove mens rea, actual damage, and privacy?
Guarantees no one can be tried for a serious crime without a grand jury indictment
What is the fifth amendment?
requirement that a criminal act and the criminal intent occur at the same time.
What is Concurrence?
What do they both have in common?
What are both are sets of rules telling us what we can and can't do?
Inherently evil crimes
What is Malum in se?
Mens rea is latin for
What is guilty mind?
Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial
What is the sixth amendment?
In order to prove causation, prosecutor must prove
What is factual causation and proximate causation?
Who does this apply to?
What is everyone?
Wrong only because a statute says that it is a crime
What is Malum prohibitum?
The purpose of concurrence?
What is to ensure fairness in assigning guilt?
Prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the eighth amendment?
The principle of causation only applies to what
What is crimes of criminal conduct causing criminal harm?
What is their differences?
What is crimes and torts?
Classification by what
What is the moral character of the crime?
Actus Reus also stands for
What is evil act?
A change to something
What is a amendment?
The two types of intervening causes
What is Coincidental and Responsive?