Questions tagged [criminal-law]
For questions about laws related to crime.
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Do firefighters contitute a legislative power?
According to this article ref here, ref here, ref here and ref here:
...History has just been made, as the first legislative body in the
country officially announces their support for reopening ...
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tampering with food and drink
Is it illegal if someone put something in an ice maker at work. I brought it up to someone and we KNOW who did it. And can prove it. But there was a metallic taste to it and was stuff floating in the ...
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Ability to Assist an Injured Officer (USA)?
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Suppose Bob is walking down the street, and finds an injured LEO, who is attempting to shoot a third person, let's call him Charlie. The officer is too injured to complete this action (can't ...
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Can a couple be charged for spending $120,000 deposited to their bank account in error?
A couple is being charged for spending $120,000 which was deposited to their account in error. This is in Pennsylvania, USA.
The facts are presented as follows: One day, couple wakes up to $120,000 ...
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Can prosecutors add charges to get an individual to plead guilty?
Can a prosecutor add additional charges to pressure a defendant to plead guilty to the original charges?
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Would it be legal to change the functionality of your own software to do something apparently malicious if fullly documented?
This topic came up when discussing the infamous left-pad disaster from awhile back. To give a brief summary the author of a small package hosted on the npm repository that numerous other packages had ...
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Scenario in which a person sues an other living in an another European country
I asked a question about a specific scenario a few days ago, but given that the question has been deemed somehow discriminatory against a gender, suspicious (I honestly don't know why!?!?!), I'm going ...
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Issues with a Guilty Plea [closed]
If I agreed to plead guilty to a charge and after pleading guilty the courts impose on me that I plead guilty to the actual crime, then what rights do I have in this case? Can they charge me with an ...
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Can involvement of third party be a factor lowering culpability and leading to non-prosecution decision?
A person I know (she lives in Maryland) was a victim of a minor assault where she was pushed around and her face grasped. Thankfully she did not suffer bodily harm. The two assailants admitted the ...
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Running from the police
If an officer pulls a car over and I get out start running, the officer ends up hurting himself, can I be charged with a felony and how much jail time if any?
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Understanding Declaration
(I am in New Zealand, but am interested in answers following British style law..
When entering into New Zealand (as with most countries), passengers are required to fill out an arrival card. At the ...
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What is the legal age for drinking alcohol in Germany? [duplicate]
I heard that in Germany you can buy low alcoholic drinks from 16 years old, and from 18 years old you can buy strong alcoholic drinks.
What about drinking?
If I buy for 14 year old alcohol. Will this ...
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Is it legal for officers of one sex to strip-search detainees of a different sex?
I believe there is a law that states strip searches are performed by officers of the same sex as the detainee, and not by officers of a different sex. However this did not occur in the following cases....
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Gag order in reference to a Criminal Investigation
Lets say you reach terms with a party "B" about a dispute and they specify a gag order. That is you cannot disclose the nature of the settlement, or disparage party "B". The settlement is in ...
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What does phrases “Deserve an asterisk” and “Putting an asterisk” besides someone's name, means morally and in lawman's terms? [closed]
I got to see this amazing web-series called "Suits", I just wonder is there an actual legal proceeding called "putting an asterisk" besides some lawman's name ? If there is what would it mean in Law &...
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Can The President Of The US Pardon Everyone?
Can The President Of The United States Pardon everyone, for example lets say a criminal organisation is commiting crimes, after awhile they get raided by the police,everyone gets arrested and ...
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Can you be convicted for being a murderer twice?
Germany has this weird specialty¹ in its criminal law's murder paragraph. While most paragraphs say something like “The person who does A is punished with B”, the murder paragraph (“Strafgesetzbuch § ...
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Freedom to travel
So in the state of California in Napa county, a 19-year-old male was hanging out with a 15-year-old girl. They were thought to be caught in a sexual act. after they were taken into questioning and ...
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Is the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act violative of fundamental rights?
On July 31, 2019, Government of India published the concerned Act in its official gazette. Article 4 in the Act has penal provisions which turns the act of declaring instantaneous unilateral divorce ...
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“if the defendant had acted as he ought, the victim would not have suffered” vs. “there's evidence that the victim might not have suffered the harm”
I don't understand the distinctions between the two clauses. Doesn't 42.2 encompass 42.1? Isn't 42.2 broader? Doesn't 42.1 automatically imply 42.2?
Isn't "the defendant had acted as he ought" "...
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Jurors pre-judging before trial [closed]
I was arrested on charges in North Carolina. During the ongoing investigation, but prior to trial, the local news ran a piece showing my mug shot. They didn't say my name, but did say some bad things ...
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Is it illegal for an employer to know that their employees are lying to the companies customers for their own personal financial gain?
An employer is aware that their employees are lying to customers of the company for their own personal financial gain. Is that against the law? If an employer is aware and continues to let the ...
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Who prosecutes the crime of opening someone else's mail?
Opening or throwing out mail addressed to someone else, such as a previous tenant, is a felony with possible jail time and a statute of limitations of five years. But when is this ever prosecuted? If ...
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If I ask a police officer if I am compelled to do something do they have to answer me honestly?
Let's say that I'm being questioned by police as a suspect, and I'm too stupid to have asked for an attorney I could trust to be there.
The police are going to try to get me to do things that may be ...
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Would police in the US have any alternative for handling a confiscated computer with a hidden partition?
I've heard some fellow geeks (who are always obsessed with computer privacy) talk about how 'amazing' a hidden partition is for privacy. I don't really see the point of all the trouble if I'm not ...
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What are the laws of the sky over land?
In the USA, some of the states gambling is illegal. River boats and cruise boats allow gambling because vessels in open water are subject to federal not state law. Applying this logic to aircraft, ...
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Admissibility of evidence seized from wrong property on lawful warrant (USA)
Suppose the Police obtain a warrant to search Alice's house for smuggled diamonds (something really tiny). When they arrive, they knock on Bob's door instead of Alice's. It's a common mistake to make, ...
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In which cases it something legal just because you did not know it is illegal?
As part of general knowledge, there is a rule that a law still applies to you even if you do not know it.
I assumed that to be fundamental, not just a rule of thumb. At least it seems natural.
To my ...
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What exactly is “Bodily Harm” and (how) does it differ from actual bodily harm?
I'm trying to understand the following statement (which is section 53 of the Crimes Act 1961 in New Zealand, bolding mine) -
"Every one in peaceable possession of any movable thing under a claim
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Is law enforcement responsible for damages made by a search warrant?
Why do police use a battering ram without first checking the doorknob on a low threat warrant? What if a small child was on the other side of the door and got seriously injured by the battering ram? ...
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Can I sue the U.S. Post Office for delivering Certified Mail that was open?
A couple of days ago, I went to my local post office and mailed a large envelope with paperwork inside of it and I had addressed it to me and my home address. The reason I did this was to do a 'poor ...
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City laws and ordinance
I'm trying to find out if the city of Oklahoma has the right to tow my car out of my drive way even if it's not in running condition
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Paying ransom to ransomware extortion - could communities be sued for collaboration with criminals?
There have been some recent ransomware attacks against communities (cities), especially in Florida, as reported e.g. by threatpost, and others.
The malware has often lead to serious damages and/or ...
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Can we get charged for felony for opening a parcel accidentally?
Can you get charged for felony for opening a parcel accidentally? Some incompetent delivery guy put a $1000 parcel in the lobby of my apartment, and not realizing that only 1 of the 2 boxes was mine, ...
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What recourse do I have against a person falsely claiming to reside at my home?
A relative who has never lived at our house is in the habit of falsely using our home address as their place of residence whenever disclosing their place of residence for legal purposes, rather than ...
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At what point could courts in England no longer legally create new Common Law offenses?
Common Law offenses, of course, were crimes created solely through case law rather than statute.
At what point was the legal authority of courts in England to create new Common Law offenses abolished?...
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Is the statement “I/we am/are pressing charges” incorrect?
In the media and in everyday life it is common to hear things like:
"Are you going to press charges?"
"Did Bob Press charges?"
"I am going to press charges against that jerk"
Or something along ...
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Meaning of “natural life” against “life”
If a law states:
the offender shall be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural
life and shall be ineligible for consideration for parole, probation
or suspension of sentence.
instead of a ...
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Is it really a traffic stop? Was I operating the vehicle?
I was at a gas station parking lot. The vehicle is registered under my name. My license plate is revoked in the state of Kansas for 3 years. The tags were not able to be seen due to mud covering the ...
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Can the deliberate withholding of sex constitute coercive and controlling behaviour under English & Welsh law?
First I should clarify that this question is (fortunately) entirely hypothetical and academic, so please don't worry about me (I'm fine).
I am trying to figure out a seeming conflict in the broad ...
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US, legal producing pornography, illegal prostitution [duplicate]
If prostitution is illegal in the US, but production of pornography legal, couldn't johns/punters just offer prostitutes money for filming a pornographic movie instead of money in exchange of sex?
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Must shoppers show receipts if they don't want to?
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Alice, a manager at Big Mart, observes Bob leaving Big Mart with three large flat panel plasma screen television sets.
Alice asks Bob to produce his receipt.
Bob refuses.
Alice calls a ...
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What is the amateur FM broadcasting legal limit?
Some stereos can receive a signal just outside the commercial band at either end of 88 and 108. I legally can buy everything I need on eBay to transmit my own personal radio station.
What legal ...
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Strict Construction vs. Liberal Construction
What is the difference of meaning of the term "including but, not limited to" in the strict vs the liberal interpretation of the term?
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Would a parent leaving their child at safe haven to avoid paying child support be guilty of a crime?
Let me start by saying this is a purely hypothetical question asked only out of curiosity, I have no unwanted children nor am I horrible enough person to do this if I did.
Still lets say ...
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Marshae Jones' case: Manslaughter when shot, would it make a difference when baby was born?
This is very specific to the reported case of Marshae Jones, from what I learned in the article from The Guardian: Alabama: pregnant woman shot in stomach is charged in fetus's death
The given ...
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Clery Act--Does it include reports of crime that occur off-campus to university members?
The Clery act states that universities in the US are required to collect
(F) Statistics concerning the occurrence on campus, in or on noncampus buildings
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What constitutes having a history of violent behavior against the person or another according to Maryland firearms law?
According to Maryland statutes, Title 5, Subtitle 2, § 5-205 (b) (6) (my emphasis), someone who
suffers from a mental disorder as defined in § 10-101(i)(2) of the Health - General Article and has a ...
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How can nicotine be legal for a pregnant lady? [closed]
If a Lady is tested positive for THC it is illegal and depending on location one can be arrested and the baby taken, but if they smoke cigarettes to cause the unborn baby to die there is no penalty? ...
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What would someone be charged with if they did this as the patient before surgery?
In 2000 I had surgery. I had three wisdom teeth out in hospital. Two weeks before it I saw the surgeon. He handed me a form to fill out. It had about 50 checkboxes. Did I have AIDS, hepatitis or ...
