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  • A "crime" is any act or omission (of an act) in violation of a public law forbidding
  • Crimes include both felonies (less serious offenses – like petty theft or jaywalking) and misdemeanors (more serious offenses – like murder or rape)
  • False
  • Most crimes in the United States are established by local, state, and federal governments
  • No act is a crime if it has not been previously established as such either by statute or by international law
  • Persons convicted of a crime may only have to give up property or pay money, but are not incarcerated
  • Persons found liable in a civil case may be incarcerated, fined, or both
  • Prosecutors do not have to prove each and every element of the crime to yield a conviction
  • Prosecutors must persuade the jury or judge "beyond a reasonable doubt" of every fact necessary to constitute the crime charged
  • The main purpose of criminal law is prosecution by the government of a person for an act that has been classified as a crime
  • There are civil cases and criminal cases
  • True
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