UNIT 2 JEOPARDY: CRIME

DEFENSES

100

The insanity defense is permissible because THIS does not apply to an insane person's actions.

MENS REA

200

THIS type of defense applies if an honest mistake happens, like accidentally walking out of a store without paying (assuming it was a genuine mistake!)

NO CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED

300

THIS defense applies if you committed the crime in order to save your life or the lives of others.

NECESSITY

400

THIS defense argues that the defendant is not guilty because the government pressured, convinced, or otherwise caused them to commit the crime.

ENTRAPMENT

500

THIS defense is used when a person commits a crime because they were being threatened with violence.

DURESS

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

100

The tenth amendment grants any power not given to the federal government, such as laws surrounding alcohol purchase, to THIS level of government:

THE STATE

200

THIS amendment requires the government to give you a trial by jury when accused of a federal crime or when the death penalty is considered.

THE FIFTH AMENDMENT

300

The second amendment prevents the government from restricting gun ownership because:

A WELL REGULATED MILITIA is necessary to the security of a free state.

400

The Brady Act, while not interfering with the second amendment, requires that THIS happens.

BACKGROUND CHECKS BEFORE PURCHASING A GUN

500

Identify two civil liberties that felons typically have restricted access to.

1) Gun ownership 2) Voting 3) Having a job with the government [THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE]

VIOLENT CRIME

100

THIS factor contributes to 35% of all violent crimes committed in America.

ALCOHOL ABUSE

200

THIS type of homicide is caused by someone failing to act responsibly.

Negligent Homicide

300

THIS category of homicide refers to the killing of a person through reckless actions, like racing cars on the highway.

INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

400

In order to be considered murder, the homicide must have been done with THIS word, meaning a disregard for human life

MALICE

500

THIS type of homicide is a "heat of passion" crime where the killer's actions were not premediated.

VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

NONVIOLENT CRIME

100

THIS type of crime refers to the taking of property worth $1,000 dollars or less with the intent to deprive the owner of said property.

LARCENY

200

Someone asking, ordering, or paying someone to commit a crime is itself a crime of...

SOLICITATION

300

Two or more people who have agreed to commit a crime together are guilty of...

CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A CRIME

400

A getaway driver, crime-scene cleaner, or someone harboring a known criminal would be considered a/an...

ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT

500

Any crime that does not require a mens rea component is considered a/an...

STRICT LIABILITY CRIME

DUE PROCESS

100

THIS term describes evidence that suggests the defendant did not commit the crime

EXCULPATORY

200

THIS term refers to evidence that proves the defendant was not at the crime scene and therefore could not have committed the crime.

ALIBI

300

THIS term refers to an incarcerated individual being proven not guilty after being found guilty -- therefore, released from jail.

EXONERATION

400

For THIS reason, an insane person must be declared competent before they even stand trial.

RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL/SIXTH AMENDMENT

500

If an accused person is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, who must prove the person's sanity, and how?

the DEFENSE must prove it through EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY (psychiatrists)