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Felonies are the crimes taken to be of high seriousness.... Misdemeanor offenses and felony offenses are both considered crimes under the laws of many jurisdictions.... Different jurisdictions have different punishments and criminal law procedures for felonies and misdemeanors.... Many scholars note that the differences between a felony and a misdemeanor lie in the possible penalties that may be imposed for each type of crime....
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The paper "Violence and Violent crimes " discusses that generally speaking, violence and violent crimes are not necessarily the same in terms of definition.... The environment, culture and the legal system of the land define both violence and violent crimes.... Certain things may be crimes in one society but legal in another.... his study includes a study that suggests why crimes are committed.... This is necessary for understanding violent crimes....
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owever, when they respond by attacking the person who was threatening their survival, they result to similar incidence of assault or murder before the law.... After all there was no surety that they would really be attacked or injured, therefore, the fact that someone was threatening to assault them is not enough reason for committing a crime.... Finally he argues that there is probability that even if they were assaulted, the magnitude of this assault would be less severe that the one they caused by counterattacking the other person....
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Secondly, the crimes for which capital punishment is imposed are usually taking place in the state of extreme emotional pressure, substance abuse or trauma which questions the mental stability of a person to make logical decisions regarding his/ her actions (American Civil Liberties Union, 2012).... According to the report, the death penalty or capital punishment for heinous crimes such as murders has been a subject of intense debate all across the globe.... From this paper it is clear that death penalty is an ultimate punishment, which may provoke criminals having low motives to refrain from crimes however such crimes are usually committed under an extreme state of mind or for significant motives, therefore, fear of death can have limited effectiveness in deterrence from crimes....
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The author examines what is actually meant by a sexual assault and studies statistics and finally the law that covers the sexual assault.... The CCR website (1997) defines sexual assault as a physical or verbal act that threatens a person's trust and safety and is sexual in nature.... In a sexual assault the victims, either a girl or a boy, indulge in sexual activity either forcefully or through deceit.... Sexual assault often leads to other problems in teenagers as well which may include delinquent behavior, school problems, refusal to accept the authority and eating problems....
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Term Paper
The centerpiece of the penal law is the "code of punishments" The penal codes contained rules which prescribed punishments for specific offenses that establish the punishment to be allocated, or principles of interpretation.... Penal law prescribed punishments behavior, and administrative law established the duties of the officials.... The local magistrates were fully authorized to apply the full range of possible punishments even the death penalty....
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Book Report/Review
This paper "assault in Criminal Law" discusses assault as a deliberate effort or risk to impose injury upon a person, paired coupled with an evident, present power to induce the harm, which produces a sensible fear of bodily harm or unpleasant contact to another.... Crimes against a person can be of two types and they are assault and Battery.... assault is an effort to commit battery, or the intention to form anxiety in the victim thereby inflicting bodily harm....
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For Hilder to be taken to the hospital after being hit by the husband with a chair leg by the husband Billy is a clear example of assault or battery to mention.... he act by Billy on the wife Hilder will amount to assault due to the mere fact that the definition of assault and battery is nowadays not factually differentiated.... Otherwise, the factual definition of assault as it remains in the other states is that the conviction for assault will still need the existence of the criminal act since an assault will require a direct action to put another individual to a reasonable fear....
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