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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

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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.