criminals in the United States can be charge with either a misdemeanor or a felony. Depending on what state someone commits a crime determines what classification of crime they are charged with. Many states take the crime and the max incarceration period into consideration when determining what to classify ones crime as. If one is charged with a misdemeanor they normally will not be incarcerated for longer than a year. Examples of misdemeanors are theft under a certain dollar amount‚ vandalism‚ public
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Running head: POLICE DISCRETION Police Discretion CJA/342 University Of Phoenix Police Discretion Police discretion is an important tool in police work due to the law sometimes being too vague or ambiguous. Police officers are trained on different scenarios that one may come across while they are at the academy. The problem tends to arise when a police officer comes across a situation that they were not trained for‚ and since the academy cannot cover every possible scenario that
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prison he always does something stupid. He admits his addiction controls his life and he steals for his habit." A 1990 misdemeanor conviction led to the three strikes sentencing in which Andrade received. Andrade was charged with two counts of petty theft with a prior conviction. California law allows petty theft with a prior conviction to be considered a misdemeanor or a felony‚ decided at the discretion of the prosecutor (Katsh‚ William Rose 219). California ’s three strikes law allows
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WHAT IS crime A crime is a wrongdoing classified by the state or Congress as a felony or misdemeanor. A crime is an offence against a public law. This word‚ in its most general sense‚ includes all offences‚ but in its more limited sense is confined to felony. Crimes are defined and punished by statutes and by the common law. Most common law offences are as well known and as precisely ascertained as those which are defined by statutes; yet‚ from the difficulty of exactly defining and describing
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As Federal law states: It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless such substance was obtained directly‚ or pursuant to a valid prescription or order‚ from a practitioner‚ while acting in the course of his professional practice‚ or except as otherwise authorized by this subchapter or subchapter II of this chapter. What is Possession of a Controlled Substance? Possession of a controlled substance occurs whenever a person owns or otherwise
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would make him a party to felony murder‚ malice murder‚ or felony assault with a knife." Lewis’s attorney arranged for the murder charges against Lewis to be dropped in exchange for his testimony against Oakley and Sweeting‚ and a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice. Lewis was sentenced to one year of probation and was fined $250‚000 by the NFL‚ which was believed to be the highest fine levied against an NFL player for an infraction not involving substance abuse. Oakley and
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poverty‚ etc. Murder in that case is a crime the root cause or breeding environment may be poverty which is a social problem. Te legal definition of crime holds that a crime is wrongdoing which is classified by the state or congress as a felony or misdemeanor. This means that crime is an offence against public law. The other relationship between social crimes is that the link may come through manner in which crime may result from poor social problem-solving skills. As Rogers‚ S. L. (2002) notes poor
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in prison. As far as Marlon future his goals was to go to college and enter the Police Academy. At the rate he is going his future won’t be so bright if he’s going to continue to sell drugs. To become a police officer you cannot have any kind of misdemeanor or felonies on your record. To better his future‚ I hope he change‚ have a turn around‚ become successful‚ and reach his goals. Resource Thomson‚ R. (2012). Probation violation. Retrieved from
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to death. Looking at Beccaria’s argument‚ that particular is punishment is too severe and goes against justice. Prostitution is illegal in the United States‚ but it depends on the individual state what the punishment is. In California‚ it is a misdemeanor for the prostitute and the customer‚ but is a felony for a pimp or brothel owner. It is more severe for the ones that can take control of the woman and abuse them if they don’t bring in more cash‚ and since there are no work unions for prostitution
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Title: Criminal Justice and the Wedding Cake The Four Layers Abstract This paper explores the four layers of the criminal justice system. It gives a brief over view of the different layers when referencing the Wedding Cake Model. The justice system can be quite complicated and this model can help understand the different levels of offense‚ what they represent and how they are handled in the justice system. However there are many diverse circumstances and conditions that are examined when a
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