Criminal Law 1 Crossword

A form of review of lower court decisions by the Supreme Court.
A writ that compels the authority holding a person in confinement to explain the basis for that confinement. Used frequently as a method for state and federal prisoners to attack the constitutionality of their imprisonment.
Criminal law in England and the United States.
A civil wrong
The sociological and psychological study of the causes, development, and control of crime, as well as the conditions under which criminal law developed.
The application of scientific knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law.
The inherent power of every state and local government, subject to constitutional limits, to enact criminal laws.
a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor misbehavior or misconduct
Can not punish an old doing as a new crime
a law that punishes a person accused of a crime without a trial or a fair hearing in court
fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
criminal laws that punish a status, such as drug addiction, with no act requirement