| A | B |
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| Crime | An act against the public good. |
| Prosecutor | The government attorney who presents the case in court against the accused (defendant) |
| The person accused of a crime. | defendant |
| felony | A major crime punishable by imprisonment or death. |
| Examples of felonies | Murder, Manslaughter, Burglary, Robbery, and Arson. |
| misdemeanor | Penalized by a fine or brief imprisonment in a county or city jail. |
| Examples of misdemeanors | Driving an automobile without a license, lying about one's age to purchase alcohol, and leaving the scene of an automobile accident. |
| treason | Criminal disloyalty typically to one's own country. This usually includes things such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state. |
| The two elements of a crime | The criminal act itself and the required state of mind (intent). |
| Double Jeopardy | You cannot be tried twice for the same crime in the same court. |
| M'Naughten Rule | The oldest legal test of insanity |
| Entrapment | If a law enforcement officer induces a law abiding citizen to commit a crime, this defense can be used |
