| A | B |
|---|
| Crime | Performing an act that is prohibited by law is commiting this. |
| Felony | Major crime punishable by death |
| Larceny | Theft under a certain amount |
| Murder | Death that was usually premeditated with malice aforethought |
| Assault | An attempt to his someone |
| Prosecutor | Brings a criminal to court |
| Defendant | One accused of a crime |
| Sentence | Believed to be the appropriate punishment for a crime |
| Misdemeanor | Less serious crime with less severe penalty |
| Crime | Defined by the act itself and mental state. |
| Definition of Murder | Varies by state |
| M'Naughten Rule | Oldes test for insanity |
| Statutes | Spells out specifically what the crime is |
| Involuntary manslaughter | Occurs when someone commits an unlawful or reckless act and kills someone unintentionally |
| Fines | Used to punish offenders when it's a lesser crime |
| Good behavior | Reduces a sentence under ALL sentencing circumstances |
| Defenses to a crime | Insanity, entrapment, self-defense and defense of family members |
| Entrapment | A police officer inducing a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime |
| Self-defense | The defendant must show that he was not the one who started the fight. |
| Burglary | Breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony |
| Robbery | Wrongful taking of property with threats of violence |
| Embezzlement | The taking of property by a person who has been entrusted |
| Kidnapping | Unlawful removal or restraint of a person against their will |
| Statutory rape | Victim is under age. |
| Plaintiff | The state/federal government representing the public at large in a crime |
| Motive | Might help establish a list of suspects but not always the case. |
| Manslaughter | Killing of another human without malice aforethought. |
| First-degree murder | Killing with premeditation, in an unusually cruel way while committing a felony |
| Second-degree murder | A murder has taken place but without excessive planning, cruelty, etc. |
| Arson | Willful and malicious burning of a house |
| Bribery | To pay or give anything of value to a public official |
| Extortion | The unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official |
| Forgery | Making or changing a writing with intent to defraud |
| Death Penalty | Is required to go through three phases before it can be carried out |
| First phase of death penalty | Jury determines guilt or innocence |
| Second phase of death penalty | Presentence hearing |
| Third phase of death penalty | An appeal to the state's highest court |
| Classifications of crimes | Felonies and misdemeanors |
| Crimes against people | Murder, manslaughter, assault, battery, kidnapping and rape |
