Loss of rights due to criminal conviction refers to the practice in some countries of reducing the rights of individuals who have been convicted of a...

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consequences of criminal conviction are the additional civil state penalties, mandated by statute, that attach to a criminal conviction. They are not part of the...

Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have committed crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions...

form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty...

nature of the prohibited act. Within criminal law, the concept is used to convey the idea that the punishment of an offender should fit the crime. Under...

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precedence over the enforcement of rights. A sense of natural law demanded that a criminal should be punished with similar loss and pain as they inflicted on...

codification of legislation, regulations, and decrees. The civil fine is not considered to be a criminal punishment, because it is primarily sought in order to compensate...

challenges to the Sixth Amendment that guarantees the rights of criminal defendants to receive fair trials. Trial-level remedies are in place to avoid pretrial...

under the Bill of Rights 1689, may be levied only following a conviction, it serves the same purpose of punishment. Early examples of fines include the...

a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or incarcerated, and results in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant...

that no one should be enriched by another's loss or injury"). In civil law systems, it is also referred to as enrichment without cause or unjustified enrichment...

mortuus) is the loss of all or almost all civil rights by a person due to a conviction for a felony or due to an act by the government of a country that...

reparation is replenishment of a previously inflicted loss by the criminal to the victim. Monetary restitution is a common form of reparation. In the Basic...

The right to an effective remedy is the right of a person whose human rights have been violated to legal remedy. Such a remedy must be accessible, binding...

[citation needed] Employers retain the right to lawfully consider an applicant's or employee's criminal conviction(s) for employment purposes e.g., hiring...

court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff. Treble damages are usually a multiple of, rather...

acquittal or conviction and in rare cases prosecutorial and/or judge misconduct in the same jurisdiction. Double jeopardy is a common concept in criminal law –...

the cost to complete unfinished work on time may pale in comparison to the loss of operating revenue an owner might claim as a result of late completion...

ask a court to conclusively rule on and affirm the rights, duties, or obligations of one or more parties in a civil dispute (subject to any appeal)....

when the conviction for a crime is reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise. Attempts to exonerate...

(Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. It...

degree of harm to the plaintiff. Lawmakers will provide for statutory damages for acts in which it is difficult to determine a precise value of the loss suffered...

judgement or decision'. Depending on the country, a criminal proceeding which ends prematurely due to error, mistake, or misconduct may end as being dismissed...

an equitable remedy imposed by a court to benefit a party that has been wrongfully deprived of its rights due to either a person obtaining or holding a...

Thus, Miranda's conviction was overturned. The Court also made clear what must happen if a suspect chooses to exercise their rights: If the individual...

miscarriage of justice occurs when an unfair outcome occurs in a criminal or civil proceeding, such as the conviction and punishment of a person for...

laws require a person who is convicted of an offense and who has one or two other previous serious convictions to serve a mandatory life sentence in prison...

intention of the parties. This evidence must make it clear that the alleged intention to which the plaintiff asks that the deed be made to conform, continued...