This is the name of the attorney who brings charges against a person and tries to convict them at trial.
Who is a prosecutor?
100
This case was referred to as the trial of the century.
What is OJ Simpson trial?
100
This is the form of punishment that concentrates on locking up a defendant to protect society.
What is incapacitation?
100
These types of laws are prohibited in the United States because they would punish innocent conduct AFTER the fact and make it criminal. This is the Latin 3-word phrase for this concept.
What are ex post facto laws?
100
Consent by the victim is not normally a defense to a crime. However, name a type of crime in which consent is a valid defense.
What is rape or theft?
200
This is the burden of proof to prove someone guilty of a criminal charge.
What is proof beyond a reasonable doubt?
200
This is the approximate percentage of cases that result in plea bargaining before trial.
What is 90-95 percent?
200
This form of punishment concentrates on making punishment so harsh in order to send a message to society that crime does not pay.
What is general deterrence?
200
This is the unusual type of crime in which the mental intent or the mental state of the defendant does not matter. Examples are speeding and other public safety crimes.
What a strict liability crime?
200
These 2 necessary elements must be met in order to prove the crime of Stalking in Colorado.
What is a threat combined with repeated conduct or following of the victim?
300
If the prosecutor feels that there is insufficient evidence to prove a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, they can file this motion at any time to dismiss the case against a defendant. It is a Latin phrase.
What is nolle prosequi?
300
This is the type of crime that involves embezzlement, mail fraud, fraud, internet scams, forgery, insurance fraud, and securities fraud.
What is white collar or economic crime?
300
This is the form of punishment that concentrates of "fixing" defendant and getting them alcohol treatment, domestic violence treatment, therapy, and useful public service.
What is rehabilitation?
300
If we allowed everyone to claim this defense, then our concern is that everyone would do so and would refuse to take accountability for their actions just because they drank alcohol, especially alcoholics.
What is voluntary intoxication?
300
This type of crime is when a person uses the internet to steal someone's identity and use it for their own financial gain.
What identity theft/cyber crime?
400
These are the requirements of a Miranda advisement that need to be provided to defendant.
What is the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney?
400
This is the "report" that is kept by the FBI concerning all of the crime data reported by all local law enforcement agencies.
What is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?
400
This is the sentencing philosophy that concentrates on an "eye for an eye" and a "tooth for a tooth" and has the "punishment fit the crime."
What is retribution?
400
This is an affirmative defense (like the one claimed by DeLorean) in which a defendant claims the police trapped or convinced the defendant to commit a crime that he was otherwise not going to commit.
What is entrapment?
400
This is the chief law enforcement officer in the county.
What is the sheriff?
500
Instead of filing charges themselves, the prosecution can call for one of these types of juries in order to investigate and possibly file charges.
What is a grand jury?
500
When a decision is made concerning a case, it is legally binding on all other courts. This is frequently referred to a case precedent. It makes sure that decisions are consistent. This is the Latin phrase for case precedent.
What is stare decisis?
500
This is "body of law" that creates the rules and statues that define crimes, sets out punishments, and sets the procedures for handling crime.
What is criminal law?
500
Under CO law, a child needs to at least this many years old in order to be charged with a crime in the juvenile courts.
What is 10?
500
In the Old West, when there were crimes such as cattle theft and bank robberies, the public would take law into their own hands and form these to chase down the criminals.