Why isn't there a crime category? Or even criminal law?
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Because I guess Yahoo! thinks that it should be grouped in with just Law. (There is a law category, I believe..)
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What state? Generally state laws include a specific definition for each offense. The definition might describe certain acts or types of actions. The defined term would then be used when describing an element of a criminal charge. (in this case, it would probably be criminal). \n\nIf you can say which state, you can look up the specific definition.
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There's loads of things - simply attemting to commit a crime is a crime in itself.\n\nI guess the most obvuious answer to your question would be attempted murder.
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Crime does not pay!  looking up criminals?  pay up! \n\nahaha ooo I crack myself up! \n\nSeriously, I don't think there is something like that for every crime.  I'm sure there is a sex offender registry for your state but I dont know for other crimes.
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Sounds like you are suggesting we detain people that COULD commit a crime. Sorry still cant do that. In this country CITIZENS are STILL considered INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty.
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What type of criminal charge is it?
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Not sure what you mean but perhaps; the law is divided into criminal and civil law and also into statute and case law.\n\nThe division into criminal and civil law is fairly obvious and very broadly speaking civil law may be regarded as being concerned with contracts made between people and or companies or states.\n\nStatute law are the laws passed by government a system we inherited from the Romans. Case law is derived from the old Anglo-Saxon system of justice is based on precedence established in previous cases it is also concerned with interpretation of statute law.
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Nope. Technically, a criminal is someone who does something wrong legally. He's taking a legal action, government has the right to war. It's not illegal.
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Tort is a stricter law but might offend the offenders.  Maybe, the regulatory law could be a better choice but must be implemented properly.
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Crime I think is due to lack of respect for others and lack of personal responsibility.\n\nThe crimes are getting more bizarre because society is sadly becoming almost immune to most crime, and so the criminals who most often seek attention from media and communities, have to up the crimes to attain the same public response that they seek.
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The UCMJ and federal statutes define what crimes are felonies, and what crimes are misdemeanors.\n\nIt's not a just matter of the length of the sentence. It's how the crime is defined. Just because most misdemeanors don't allow sentences longer than one year doesn't automatically make any short sentence a non-felony.
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By american law, you can not be charged with the same crime for the same incident. On a seperate occasion, yes. Also, there are other charges they can charge you with later for the same crime.
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errr...which category?
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In a law library, or online.  What state are you looking for, and for what crime? Do you need state and federal?\n\nYou can find penal codes on line at findlaw.com.  Perhaps you should start there.
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Yes, there absolutely should be. There should also be one for drug convictions. After all, most of the heinous crimes committed lately against children were by people abusing drugs. Some were registered sex offenders and some were not. Joseph P. Smith, a cocaine abuser, was sentenced to death yesterday in Florida for murdering Carlie Brucia. He said he had used heroine and cocaine prior to abducting, sexually assaulting and killing her. He was not a registered sex offender. All of his past (24) convictions were for drugs.\n\nThe sad thing is that drunk drivers and drug abusers have a MUCH higher recidivism rate than sex offenders! So why are we wasting our tax dollars on the wrong people??? \n\nPlease read the U.S. Dept of Justice report that was issued in 2003. It gives you these rates. It blew my mind away. If we want to issue cruel and unusual punishment it MUST be to all criminals, not just one class.\n\nThank You for this great question.\n\nP.S. To the young man who states he is 17 and just got a DUI. You were lucky. It could very well have been consensual sex with your girlfriend while you were drinking and then she cried rape or her parents found out and pressed charges on you. You just really don't know how lucky you are. Many 17 year olds are on the sex offender registries. Check FL, OK, KA, WI, IN, IL and DE to name a few. See how many young people are listed on there for statutory rape among other things that really mean consensual sex. Check ID's of girls BEFORE you get near them. Also check the moral outrage link I have provided so you will know how to protect yourself. There is a link on the home page to the AOC (age of consent) for each state.
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Oddly enough "crime against nature" isn't explicitly defined by state law in North Carolina. According to precedent, it is basically any form of intercourse other than vaginal, including beastiality, anal sex, fellatio, and cunnilingus. I imagine the sollicit part is clear.
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trespassing\npetty theft\nshoplifting\nunderage drinking\ncerfew violation\nfishing without a license\ndriving without insurance\ndrug use\ntransporting illegal items across borders\ndriving under the influance\ndestruction of property\npublic intoxication\nillegally parked\nspeeding\nrunning a stop sign\npossesion of stollen property\ntax evasion\nblocking a public egress\nforgery\n\nI think it is also a crime to havve knowledge of a crime and not report it. In that case I have committed lots more crimes.