Vocabulary
Acronyms
Amendment
Crime
100
An offense punishable by incareration, usually in a local confinement facility (county jail) for no more than two years.
What is Misdemeanor?
100
PI
What is public intoxication?
100
A right to a speedy trial
What is the 6th amendment?
100
The use of the internet, email, and other electronic communication technologies to harass another.
What is cyberstalking?
200
This advisement of right due criminal suspects by the police before questioning begins.
What is Miranda Warning?
200
B & E
What is Breaking and Entering?
200
A right against self-incrimination
What is the 5th amendment?
200
This crime is the violation that can be committed by a noncitizen and involves the gathering, transmitting, or losing of information related to the national defense in such a manner that the information becomes available to enemies of the U.S. and may be used to their advantage
What is Espionage?
300
A criminal offense punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for at least one year.
What is felony?
300
FBI
What is Federal Bureau of Investigations?
300
A right to know your charges against you
What is the 6th Amendment?
300
The unlawful, intentional inflicting, or attempted or threatened inflicting, of serious injury upon the person of another.
What is Aggravated Assault?
400
The money or property pleded to the court or actually deposited with the court to effect the release of a person from legal custody.
What is Bail?
400
DEA
What is Drug Enforcement Agency?
400
A right against excessive fines.
What is the 8th amendment?
400
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
What is Burglary?
500
This US supreme court case ensured that all defendants would be provided a court appointed attorney if they could not afford one.
What is Gideon vs. Wainwright?
500
SVU
What is Special Victims Unit?
500
A right to bare arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
500
This crimes involves a U. S. citizen’s actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the U. S?
What is Treason?
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