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Adult offender
Legal services; Criminal
A person who has committed a crime after reaching the age of majority.
Homicide
Legal services; Criminal
Taking the life of another may be murder, manslaughter, or not a crime at all is termed as homicide in criminal law.
Physical-proximity test
Legal services; Criminal
A common law test for the crime of attempt, focusing on how much more the defendant would have needed to do to complete the offense.
James Holmes
Legal services; Criminal
A 24 years old Ph.D student who had been identified by police as a lone suspect in the mass killing (killed 12 people) in Aurora, Colo, USA on 7/20/2012.
Sentence
Legal services; Criminal
In a criminal case, the sentence is the punishment provided by the court, sometimes after a recommendation by a jury.
Situational offender
Legal services; Criminal
A first-time offender who is unlikely to commit future crimes.
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