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Simple English definitions for legal terms

criminal law

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A quick definition of criminal law:

Criminal law is a set of rules that say what people can't do, and if they break those rules, they can be punished by the government. Crimes are things like stealing or hurting someone on purpose. Each state and the federal government have their own rules about what is a crime and what the punishment should be. To prove someone committed a crime, the government has to show that the person did something wrong on purpose. There are different types of crimes, like really bad ones called felonies and less bad ones called misdemeanors. If someone helps a criminal, they can also be punished. There are some defenses that people can use if they are accused of a crime, like saying they didn't do it or that they had to do it to protect themselves or someone else.

A more thorough explanation:

Criminal law is a system of laws that deals with crimes and the punishment of individuals who commit crimes. It is different from civil law, which deals with disputes between two parties over their rights. In criminal law, the government decides whether to punish an individual for an act or omission that violates a law prohibiting said action or omission.

These examples illustrate criminal law because they are all acts that are prohibited by law and can result in punishment by the government.

Every crime involves three elements:

  1. The act or conduct (actus reus)
  2. The individual's mental state at the time of the act (mens rea)
  3. The causation between the act and the effect (typically either proximate causation or but-for causation)

The government has the burden of proof to establish every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

There are several defenses available to a defendant in a criminal prosecution:

These defenses can be used to argue that the defendant did not commit the crime or that they should not be punished for it.

Criminal law is a system of laws that deals with crimes and their punishment. It involves three elements of a crime, and there are several defenses available to a defendant in a criminal prosecution. Examples of crimes include robbery, murder, assault, and drug trafficking.

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Dkk
19:40
How I knew I liked my Chinese friend when he was respectful but my Indian friend acted like a fucking retard.
Dkk
19:40
Solaris is a great scandinavian grape indeed Jackfrost. That is your grape now. You are Solaris.
bunnynoise
19:41
thank you jackfrost <3 I will definitely check it out. I think I am going to try reading some books in Spanish to improve my middle school level Spanish ability but maybe Russian will be next
Dkk
19:41
I gave windy Solaris but I am going to reassign her.
Dkk
19:42
Windy is going to be Marsanne now
bunnynoise
19:42
In the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, objet petit a stands for the unattainable object of desire, the "a" being the small other, a projection or reflection of the ego made to symbolise otherness, like a specular image, as opposed to the big Other which represents otherness itself.
bunnynoise
19:43
They need to lock me up in the Peter Thiel Rene Girard think tank expeditiously
Dkk
19:43
That's called a shadow or a veil also.
bunnynoise
19:44
please don’t reassign me Dk. that would really hurt my feelings. I feel like I was your first grape
Dkk
19:45
Yeah you were my first LSD Grape and it fits cus you have been here so long and that's what the grape is known for "First to the party"
Eggan
20:15
wow
Dkk
20:21
Wow indeed Eggan, do you want a grape?
Eggan
20:25
sure
Dkk
20:26
@Eggan: Alright you get Pinotage from South Africa.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:38
what’s an lsd grape
Unrepentant-Caucasian
20:49
Good evening LSD! Only 36 hours until Harvard Law School starts making acceptance phone calls! Take this next day-and-a-half to repent and make amends for previous transgressions, so that you can recieve your phone call with a squeaky clean soul 😩
windyMagician
21:01
girl just chill
windyMagician
21:01
also i don’t drink so you could have me as the shittiest wine ever and i wouldn’t know
[] YoungThugLawyer
21:16
anyone here been accepted to uga?
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
21:18
dolphin and windy grapes?
Eggan
21:29
aw yeah pinotage
Dkk
22:02
@windyMagician: don't worry, I gave you cult grapes
Dkk
22:03
@YoungThugLawyer: I wish but UGA does that lame as 169 cut off and I got a 168. I guess I am just a fucking retard to them.
Dkk
22:03
Dolphin can have Cinsault
[] YoungThugLawyer
22:13
wait sorry how exactly do cutoffs work in law school admissions
Dkk
22:32
@YoungThugLawyer: Depends on the school. With your stats and UGA, you are probably in.
[] YoungThugLawyer
22:37
thats good to know. the thing is ive seen uga turn around apps for some people in like 2 weeks but i applied 3 weeks and i havent heard anything
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:10
@Dkk: I don’t drink either is that a good one
Dkk
23:23
@YoungThugLawyer: ehh if you are counting the holidays in that do not. 3 weeks without the holidays, expect something soon.
Dkk
23:23
@JumpySubsequentDolphin: They are all good grapes!
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