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accessory

now omit the term accessory after the fact and instead characterize the accessory as having committed a particular offense, such as obstructing justice. 3 : the crime of being an accessory usually used with to and specifying

acceptance of responsibility

her crime such that the sentencing judge has the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence

absence without leave

absence without leave :the military offense of being absent without leave

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diminished capacity

of the crime with which a defendant is charged, the defendant can only be convicted of a lesser offense that does not include the element.

duplicity

or defense in a single paragraph of a pleading ;esp : the improper charging of more than one offense in one count in a charging instrument (as an indictment) compare misjoinder, multiplicity

penal

: of, relating to, or being punishment [ sanctions] 2 : making one (as an offender) punishable [a offense] ;also : criminal 3 : used as a place of confinement and punishment [a institution]

indictable

indictable : making one liable to indictment [an offense]

offender

Matched in: Term offender

offence

offence var of offense

mitigating circumstance

of manslaughter rather than murder because of mitigating circumstances] ;also : a circumstance or factor relating to an offense or defendant that does not bear on the question of culpability but that receives consideration by the court

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