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About Criminal Law

Criminal law is formulated to handle the criminal acts by public, organization and even government.  In instances where they fail to stick to a particular criminal law, they commit a criminal act by breaking the law.  Criminal law includes: deterring crime, reforming the perpetrator, providing retribution for the act, and preventing further crimes.

There are two types of criminal laws: Misdemeanors and Felonies. Misdemeanor is crime that is a lower level offense i.e. minor stabbing/ attacks, traffic crime, or minor thefts. The penalty for the misdemeanor crime is characteristically one year or for less duration. Felony crimes involve more serious offenses like murder, manslaughter, dealing drugs, rape, robbery and arson.  Felonies carry a penalty of death, 10 years or more, depending on the particular nature of the offense and the jurisdiction where the felony crime was committed. As every state has a different body of criminal laws and rules for giving punishments.

All criminal law statutes contain two distinct parts- mens rea, which is the mental state that one must possess when committing a crime. The other part of a criminal statute is the actus reus which refers to the action taken by the perpetrator.


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