Q: What is a capital offense?
A: A crime for which the death penalty may be imposed.
Q: What is a common-law crime?
A: A crime that is punishable under the common law, rather
than by force of statute.
Q: What is common law?
A: The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather
than from statutes or constitutions.
Q: What is a computer crime?
A: A crime requiring knowledge of computer technology, such
as sabotaging or stealing computer data or using a computer
to commit some other crime.
Q: What is corporate crime?
A: A crime committed either by a corporate body or its representatives
acting on its behalf.
Q: What is a crime of omission?
A: An offense that carries as its material component the
failure to act.
Q: What is a crime of passion?
A: A crime committed in the heat of an emotionally charges
moment, with no opportunity to reflect on what is happening.
Q: What is a federal crime?
A: A criminal offense under a federal statute.
Q: What is hate crime?
A: A crime motivated by the victim's race, color, ethnicity,
religion, or national origin.
Q: What is white
collar crime?
A: A nonviolent crime usually involving cheating or dishonesty
in commercial matters.
Q: What is the Miranda
rule?
A: The doctrine that a criminal suspect in police custody
must be informed of certain constitutional rights before
being interrogated.
Q: What is a criminal lawyer?
A: A lawyer whose primary work is to represent criminal defendants.
Q: What is criminal law?
A: The body of law defining offenses against the community
at large, regulating how suspects are investigated, charged,
and tried, and establishing punishments for convicted offenders.
Q: What is a felony?
A: A serious crime usually punishable by imprisonment for
more than one year or by death.
Q: What is a misdemeanor?
A: A crime that is less serious than a felony and is usually
punishable by fine, penalty, forfeiture, or confinement
in a place other than prison.
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