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community policing
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strategy in which the community works with local police to lower crime
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crime
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something one does that is in violation of the law
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drunk driving
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driving while intoxicated
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implied consent
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on rent and agreement for certain and privileges
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incarceration
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imprisonment
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recidivist
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repeat offender
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restitution
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requiring criminals to pay back the victims of their crimes
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substance abuse
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chemicals that people do use
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state of mind
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act that was done intentionally
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motive
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reason for doing the act
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strict liability
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does not require a state of mind
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elements
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must be proven in trial in order to be convicted
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felony
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in prison in 1+ year
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misdemeanor
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less than one year
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principle
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person who commits a crime
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accomplice
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helps the principal
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accessory before the fact
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someone who hire someone to commit a crime
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accessory after the fact
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person knows that crime is being committed
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crime of omission
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person who fails to do an act required by the law
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solicitation
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asking someone to do a crime
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attendance
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sailed to do a crime
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conspiracy
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argument between two or more people to do a crime
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over
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act open view
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acquaintance rape
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sexual assault by someone known to the victim
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assault
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any intent or threat to carry out a physical attack on a person
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battery
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unlawful physical contact without consent
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felony murder
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killing that takes place during a crime
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first-degree murder
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doing that is premeditated deliberate and with malice
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homicide
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killing of one human being
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involuntary manslaughter
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a killing in which there was no intent to kill
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Malice
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having the intent to kill or acting reckless
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negligence
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failure to exercise reasonable amount of care thereby causing harm
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negligent homicide
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causing death threw negligence
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rape
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sex without consent
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second-degree murder
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killing with out premeditation but with malice
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a sexual assault
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specific kind of assault
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stalking
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when a person repeatedly follows or harasses is another person
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statutory rape
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sex between adult and minor
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suicide
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deliberate taking of one's own life
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voluntary manslaughter
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murderer after the victim has done something to the killer
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Malice
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having the intent to kill or acting reckless
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negligence
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failure to exercise reasonable amount of care thereby causing harm
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negligent homicide
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causing death threw negligence
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rape
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sex without consent
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second-degree murder
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killing with out premeditation but with malice
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a sexual assault
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specific kind of assault
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stalking
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when a person repeatedly follows or harasses is another person
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statutory rape
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sex between adult and minor
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suicide
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deliberate taking of one's own life
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voluntary manslaughter
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murderer after the victim has done something to the killer
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arson
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burning a property
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burglary
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unauthorized entry with intent to commit a crime
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carjacking
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is a person steals car
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concealment
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attempted shoplifting
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embezzlement
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unlawful taking of property
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extortion
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blackmail
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forgery
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falsely alters writing
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hackers
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illegal access to computer system
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larceny
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unlawful taking of property
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receiving stolen property
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if you receive property that you know is stolen
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robbery
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unlawful taking of property from a person with force
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shoplifting
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taking from store without tying
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unauthorized use of vehicle
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taking vehicle temporarily
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uttering
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offering a document that you know his fake
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vandalism
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damage of property
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alibi
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evidence to defend it was somewhere else
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DNA
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biological evidence
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duress
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something done in a result of a threat
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infancy
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defensive and not yet legal person
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intoxication
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it were so drunk that they do not know what they were doing
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necessity
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compelled to react to a situation in that is unavoidable in order to protect life
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affidavit
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a sworn statement of facts and circumstances
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arrest
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when a person suspected of a crime is taken into custody
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arrest warrant
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court order demanding that the person named in it taken into custody
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bona fide
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good faith lack of fraud ballot under a law
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contraband
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illegal items
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corroborate
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to confirm information
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drugs courier profile
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provided bases to stop and question occurs in or two help establish probable cause for arrest based on age race or appearance
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exclusionary rule
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prohibits the use of the legally obtained evidence against the defendant
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interrogate
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questioning the accused
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probable cause
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having a reasonable belief that a suspected person has committed a crime
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racial profiling
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in appropriate use of race as a factor to identify people who break the law
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reasonable suspicion
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entities that justifies an officer for stopping and questioning a person
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search warrant
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court ordered
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self-incrimination
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answering questions that would tend to subject one to criminal the persecution of
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stopping frisk
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and down of a person's clothing
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booking
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warm process of making a police record of the arrest
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arrangement
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or session at which the defendant is charged and enters a plea
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bail
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and arrested person can usually be released after putting up money must return for the trial
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personal recognizance
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alternative to cash release based on prominence
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information
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details of the charge
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preliminary hearing
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determine if there is enough evidence required to stand trial
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grand jury
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group of 16-23 people
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indictment
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formal charge of criminal action
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nolo contender
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and see which the defendant is not in the field but also does not contest the charges which is equivalent to pleading guilty
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pretrial motion
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a document by which the party asked the judge to make a decision before the trial begins
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motion for discovery of evidence
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request by the defendant to examine before trial started in evidence in the possession of the prosecutor
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motion for continuance
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requests seek more time to prepare for the case
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motion for a change of venue
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request to change location
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motion to suppress evidence
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request that evidence is not allowed to be used
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judicial integrity
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or should not permit lawbreaking by police
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deterrence
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to these will be less likely to violate his rights if they know that uniquely seized evidence will being thrown out of court
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plea-bargain
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the prosecution will allow the defendant to plead guilty to less serious charge
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preliminary challenges
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pretrial jury selection
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subpoena
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turn over documents on a specific date
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contents of court
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any act to embrace anger or obstruct the court's decision
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immunity
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freedom
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mistrial
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terminates of a trial before the normal conclusion
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waive
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to give up a right voluntarily
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petitioner or appellant
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one who signs or files an appeal of a trial decision
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writ
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to judges authorization for something to be done
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habeas corpus
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Latin for you have the body
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aggravating circumstances
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factors that tend to increase the seriousness of the offense
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capital punishment
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death penalty
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deterrence
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measures taken to discourage criminal action
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incapacitation
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reason for terminal punishment as stressed as key being a convicted person confined
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mitigating circumstances
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practice that tend to lessen the seriousness of the offense
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parole
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the release of a convicted person from a prison before his or her entire sentence has been served
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presentness report
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ovation officer written report that gives the sentencing judge information about the defendant's background and prospects for rehabilitation
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rehabilitation
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I'll be convicted person change their behavior so that they can live useful and productive lives
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retribution
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punishment give it as a kind of revenge for wrongdoing
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and abused children
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when a child has been sexually physically or emotionally abuse
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ad-judiciary hearing
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procedure used to determine the facts in juvenile cases
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aftercare
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equivalent of a role in juvenile justice system
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age of majority
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age of person becomes an adult
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contributing to the delinquency of a minor
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act by an adult of encouraging illegal conduct byline or
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delinquent offender
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8 minor who has committed a crime that he committed by an adult would be a crime under federal law
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disposition
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result of the case
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initial hearing
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preliminary examination of youths arrests
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intake
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information process to decide if a complaint against the juvenile should be referred to juvenile court
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neglect
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failure of a parent or guardian to properly tend to the child's needs
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parens patrae
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government to take care of minors
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parental responsibility law
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as a responsible for crimes committed from their children
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preventive detention
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and holding a person gets his or her own will because that person may commit another crime
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restorative justice
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cash since the victim of a crime
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status offender
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and I is committed an act that will not be a crime he committed by an adult
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transferred or waiver hearing
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move a juvenile felony case to an adult criminal Court
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Youth Court
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court proceedings repentance miners who've taken responsibility for their actions
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Kaplan
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environmental degredation causes war, resource scarcity
overpopulation degrades fertile soil which makes it tough to grow food for all those ppl; maps don't really exist, "the last map" urbanization is scary and bad, but in turkey Islam is a binding agent that brings ppl together - why can't muslims in west Africa do the same? b/c animism incluences, juju spirits ferguson & kaplan: both don't think maps really exist, sovereignty is an illusion author doesn't recognize international influences youth driving force behind wars, wars should not be marginalized b/c they could spread. |