• United States criminal procedure derives from several sources of law: the baseline protections of the United States Constitution; federal and state statutes;...
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  • Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally...
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    The United States Constitution contains several provisions regarding the law of criminal procedure. Petit jury and venue provisions—both traceable to enumerated...
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  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are the procedural rules that govern how federal criminal prosecutions are conducted in United States district courts...
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  • In the United States, jury nullification occurs when a jury in a criminal case reaches a verdict contrary to the weight of evidence, sometimes because...
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  • was allegedly committed. The procedure for doing so depends on state and possibly local laws. As of 2022, the United States has extradition treaties with...
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  • French criminal procedure (procédure pénale) focuses on how individuals accused of crimes are dealt with in the French criminal justice system: how people...
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    United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing appeals in state courts and federal courts. The nature of an appeal can...
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    of Criminal Procedure commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law...
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  • Civil procedure in the United States consists of rules that govern civil actions in the federal, state, and territorial court systems, and is distinct...
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  • Million People". American Civil Liberties Union. Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure "shlep: the Self-Help Law ExPress". Nlogs.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved...
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  • the United States Code is the main criminal code of the federal government of the United States. The Title deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure...
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  • Preliminary hearing (category United States criminal procedure)
    time limits on the Crown to bring criminal cases to trial, the Crown has started to use the direct indictment procedure more frequently. In Scotland, a...
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  • Arraignment (category United States criminal procedure)
    the charges against them. Under the United States' Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, arraignment shall consist of an open reading of the indictment (and...
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  • Criminal procedure in South Africa refers to the adjudication process of that country's criminal law. It forms part of procedural or adjectival law, and...
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  • Netherlands Romania Scotland South Africa United States Affirmative defense Civil Justice Fairness Act Criminal procedure Jurisdiction Laches Objection Prejudice...
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  • Jencks Act (category United States criminal procedure)
    material is evidence that is used in the course of a federal criminal prosecution in the United States. It usually consists of documents relied upon by government...
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  • Deferred prosecution (category United States criminal procedure)
    The United States Attorneys' Manual (USAM) of the DOJ allows consideration of non-prosecution or deferred prosecution of corporate criminal offenses because...
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  • Plea bargaining in the United States is very common; the vast majority of criminal cases in the United States are settled by plea bargain rather than by...
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  • ticket The charging document is what generally starts a criminal case in court. But the procedure by which somebody is charged with a crime and what happens...
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    The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its...
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  • Death-qualified jury (category United States criminal procedure)
    A death-qualified jury is a jury in a criminal law case in the United States in which the death penalty is a prospective sentence. Such a jury will be...
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  • Criminal Procedure Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation relating to criminal procedure in Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand...
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  • Federal public defenders handle criminal trials in United States Federal Court for alleged federal crimes or criminal cases involving state law violations...
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  • Reciprocal discovery (category United States criminal procedure)
    In United States criminal procedure, the Federal government and certain states have reciprocal discovery laws that compel defendants to disclose some...
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    The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 or CPIA is a piece of statutory legislation in the United Kingdom that regulates the procedures of investigating...
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    The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), previously known as the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) is...
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    The Italian Code of Criminal Procedure contains the rules governing criminal procedure in every court in Italy. The Italian legal order adopted four codes...
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  • underlying problems that contribute to criminal behavior and are a current trend in the legal system of the United States. In 1989, a judge in Miami began to...
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  • Target letter (category United States criminal procedure)
    government informing you that you're a suspect in a criminal investigation." Former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Mitchell...
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