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| any behavior that is illegal |
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| group of law that tells which acts are crimes, how accused people should be tried, and how crimes should be punished |
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| crime for which the penalty is imprisonment for more than one year, a fine, or a combination of both |
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| crime for which the penalty is a jail sentence of not more than one year, a fine, or a combination of both |
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| group of laws that help settle disagreements between people |
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an act or a failure to do something required by law
cant be a crime unless their is a specific written law against it
law must define behavior and how it may be punished |
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| the purpose of criminal law |
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to protect society as a whole
crimes must be reported |
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must set fair and reasonable penalties
maximum and minimum penalties: allows people guilty of the same crime to receive different punishments depending on the case |
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| decided by congress and state legislatures |
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| provides a way for people to settle disagreements in court if they can't or won't settle them privately |
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what is a fair way to settle this disagreement?
based on statues |
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| where criminal law and civil law meet |
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help bring order to society and protect people's rights
situations sometimes involve criminal and civil law |
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