19 Terms
Contributors in Criminal
Criminal
Juvenile offenders
Legal services; Criminal
A person who performs illegal acts and who has not reached an age at which treatment as an adult can be accorded under the laws of the community having jurisdiction.
Sentencing phase
Legal services; Criminal
During this phase in criminal cases, both parties may call witnesses and present evidence to argue the most appropriate punishment.
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Legal services; Criminal
The standard of the burden of proof in a criminal case; a jury must be fully assured within their own minds that the defendant committed the crime.
Halfway house
Legal services; Criminal
A transitional housing facility designed to rehabilitate people who left a prison.
Sweating
Legal services; Criminal
The legal interrogation of a prisoner by use of threats or similar means to extort information.
Career offender
Legal services; Criminal
Under the federal-sentencing guidelines, an adult who, after being convinced of two violent felonies or controlled-substance felonies, commits another felony.
First offender
Legal services; Criminal
A person who authorities believe has committed a crime but has never before been convincted of a crime.
