WMS Criminal Law Vocabulary
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- Laws which seek to prevent people from deliberately or recklessly harming each other or each other's property.
- Criminal Law
- The state's side in a criminal case.
- Prosecution
- A less serious crime.
- Misdemeanor
- A more serious crime. Example: murder, robbery, arson...
- felony
- Fair procedures that the police and government must follow. Guaranteed in the 5th amendment.
- Due process
- Being convicted of a crime.
- Guilty
- The standard by which the prosecution has to prove their case. There can be NO doubt.
- Beyond a reasonable doubt.
- To agree to pled guilty to a lesser charge. This avoids a trial and possibly a harsher sentence.
- Plea bargain
- Hearing when the defendant enters a plea of guilt or innocence.
- Arraignment
- Money paid by a defendant to be released from police custody until the trial.
- Bail
- Period of time when you are released from custody with conditions. If you do not meet the conditions you can be ordered back to jail.
- Probation
- A court order to stop something.
- Injunction
- A formal charge.
- Indictment
- Someone under 18 who continually breaks the law.
- Juvenile delinquent.
- The authority of the court to hear or decide a case. Original, appellate, exclusive, or concurrent _______________.
- Jurisdiction