Basic knowledge
Trial (juicio):
jury (jurado) + judge (juez)
Evidence = proof Innocent = Guilty
Charges
+ Felony (always go to jail)
Misdemeanor (rarely jail)
- Ticket (no jail)
1. - Motor vehicle theft
It is the
criminal act of stealing a car or a part of it.
2. – Domestic violence
It is the
violence produced by a man to a woman or by a woman to a man only for being a
man or a woman. It is usually produced by a person you know, almost always by
someone of your family.
3. – Underage drinking
The minimum
legal age to drink in the USA is 21, but young people uses fake IDs or tell
someone older to buy alcohol for them, so it becomes very easy to get it.
4. – Aggravated assault
An attempt
is to commit a battery; it is a misdemeanor, not a felony; four elements are
required at common law: the apparent, present ability to carry out; an unlawful
attempt; to commit a violent injury; upon another.
5. - Rape
It is a
form of sexual violence.
Nearly
90000 people were raped in the USA in 2008.
25% of the
population will be raped; 89% of the times, a woman is raped by somebody she
knows.
6. - Fraud and racketeering
For example:
electoral fraud, mail and wire fraud, computer fraud or identity fraud.
7. - Prostitution
It is a
misdemeanor (illegal) in all USA except from Las Vegas.
23/100000
people are considerate to be prostitutes and they are often associated with
drugs.
8. - Burglary
Buildings
can include sheds, barns and all houses.
If you
broke something it is considered a misdemeanor, but, in contrast, if you steal
something it is a felony.
9. - Drugs
In 2012, an
estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or older had used an illicit drug or
abused a psychotherapeutic medication.
10. - Murder
Nearly 1 in
15,000 people is murdered in the United States each year.
In the United States the rates of killing are much higher than in many
industrialized nations, exceeding those in Canada, many western European nations, and Japan.
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