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13 Cards in this Set
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Crime
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Punishable offense against society
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Vicarious Criminal Liability
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Substituted
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Felony
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Is a crime punishable by confinement for more than a year in a state prison or by a fine of $1,000 or,both-or-even death
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misdemeanor
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punishable by confinement in a coubty or city jail for one year or less, by fine of $1,000 or les, or both
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White-Collar Crimes
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Offenses commited in the business world
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Probable cause
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A resonable ground for belife
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Defense
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Is a legal position taken by an accused to defeat the carges against him or her
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Procedural defense
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based on problems with the way evidence is obtained or the way an accused person is arrested, questioned, tried, or punished
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substantive defense
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Disprove, justify,or excusethe alleged crime
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Self Defense
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is the use of the force that appears to be reasonably necessary to the victim to prefent death
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Immunity
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Freedom from prosecutioneven when you commit a crime
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contempt of court
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is action that hinders the administrationof justice
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punisment
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any penalty provided by law and impposed by a court
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