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23 Cards in this Set
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Felonies
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Degrees have to do with it.
1st Degree = Plan and Plot = the worst 2nd Degree = Manslaughter, not intended but did it 3rd Degree = killed someone in an accident |
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Misdemeanors / Ordinance
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Misdemeanors = traffic tickets, stealing, etc
Ordinances = the least and dont really get much |
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Larceny
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Fancy word for theft. 2 areas which are based on dollar value.
$$$$$$ = Grand _ $ = Petty _ |
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Arson
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The willful and malicious burning of a building ( and in some states personal property)
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Forgery
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Ex: Checks . Theft by deception = checks from catch me if you can.
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Embezzlement
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taking $ or funds from others and making them your Ex: taking pennies from the account with the old lady.
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Organized Crime
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Crime is run as a business. Ex: Mafia, Mob.
Gambiling, Drugs, extorsion, Prostitution, and a visit from the boys |
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RICO
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Rackteer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act = Laws against Organized Crime.
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Statute of Limitations
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the state must initiate criminal prosecution within a certain number of years.
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Robbery
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Taking forcibly something from someone
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Burglary
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Breaking in and entering and stealing stuff from a house, car, etc.
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"White collar crimes"
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Plan and plot something out
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Mail and Wire Fraud
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Doing fraud over the mail, internet, or telephone.
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Duress
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wrongful threat of one person induces another person to perform an act that he or she would not normally do.
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Entrapment
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If there is prostitution and you are in a car, if you dont ask the hooker if they are a cop, you are getting trapped.
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Miranda Rule
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Only appeals to criminal cases. Need to be read your rights or you can get out of the lawsuit.
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Plea Bargan
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Lesser sentence for ....
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Immunity
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self-incrimination = plead the 5th
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Intoxication
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Defense that you were to drunk. EX: Brittney and her old husband.
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Self defense
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you killed someone because they stabbed you with a knife
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Necessity
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You needed to steal it because my kids would going to starve to death, and I have no money to my name.
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Insanity
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Very, Very hard to prove nowadays
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Mistake
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Very hard to prove Ex: stamp with electric company
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