What is the crime of attempt?
What is the crime of attempt? Attempt is a type of inchoate crime – – meaning that the crime was not completed….
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What is extraterritorial prosecution?
The term is a bit confusing. Usually when people refer to extraterritorial prosecution they mean cases where a court in a…
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What does it mean when a defendant is ‘indicted’? Is the defendant guilty?
An indictment just means that a person was charged with a crime. The defendant is not guilty, but he was accused of…
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Is the Attorney General part of the executive or the judicial branch?
The Attorney General is part of the executive branch. The Attorney General is in charge of the Department of Justice (commonly…
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What happens if someone commits a crime in one state and runs to another?
Extradition is where one state transfers a defendant to another state to face trial. The United States Constitution (Article IV Section 2) requires states…