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Blame cause of blame fault crime offense
Indignity
Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him an offense against personal dignity unmerited contemptuous treatment contumely incivility or injury accompanied with insult
plea bargaining
negotiation of an agreement between the prosecution and the defense whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or to one or some of multiple offenses usually in exchange for more lenient sentencing recommendations, a specific
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imperfect self-defense
it is successfully used in criminal cases it eliminates the element of malice, reducing the level of the offense from murder to manslaughter.
petty
petty : relatively minor in degree [a offense punishable by not more than six months in prison] compare grand
carnal knowledge
Carnal knowledge is sometimes an element of the statutory definition of rape in addition to being a separate offense.
delinquent
a delinquent person ;esp : juvenile delinquent adj [Latin delinquent- delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a : offending by neglect or violation of duty or law [ acts] b : characterized
deadly weapon
weapon : an object whose purpose is to cause death or that when used as an instrument of offense is capable of causing death or sometimes serious bodily harm compare dangerous weapon NOTE: An unloaded firearm has
dangerous weapon
dangerous weapon : an object that when used as an instrument of offense is capable of causing serious bodily injury compare deadly weapon
cruel and unusual punishment
contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) [nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] see also Gregg v. Georgia in the Important
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