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FOR LAW

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EXCLUSIONARY RULE   hich holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for a criminal prosecution in a court of law  
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ACQUIT   free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty  
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JAIL   where they hold small offense criminal and ppl waiting for trial  
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CONVICT   Declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.  
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PRISON   Where they hold criminal serving long sentence and for felonies  
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BILL OF RIGHTS   The first ten commandments  
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PROBABLE CAUSE   reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.).  
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INDICTMENT   a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.  
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MIRANDA RIGHTS   is a right to silence warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them  
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY   Cant be charge with the same crime twice  
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Arson   the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.  
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Felony   a serious crime  
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Misdemeanor   Less serious crime  
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Homicide   the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.  
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vandalism   action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.  
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Actus REA and Mens REA   the Latin term used to describe a criminal act. Every crime must be considered in two parts-the physical act of the crime (actus reus) and the mental intent to do the crime (mens rea).  
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