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| willful and malicious burning of a house or other building. |
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| an attempt to commit a battery. |
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| unlawful touching of another person. |
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| illegally paying or giving anything of value to public officials in order to influence their official activity. |
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| breaking (opening) and entering of a dwelling house at night with the intent to commit a felony. |
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| illegally using hardware and software by copying and/or taking data from web sites and programs for personal use without prior permission. |
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| an act against the public good, punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both. |
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| take the life of the convicted by use of various means, i.e., lethal injection, electric chair, gas mass. |
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| person accused of committing a crime. |
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| defense of family members |
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| person who uses force to rescue a family member who has been attacked. |
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| wrongful taking away of another’s property by a person who has been entrusted with that property. |
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| law enforcement officer induces a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime. |
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| unjust taking of money or a thing of value by a public official. |
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| major crime punishable by imprisonment or death. |
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| payment of a specified amount of money as a penalty for committing a crime. |
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| false making or changing of a writing with the intent to defraud. |
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| indefinite or indeterminate sentences handed down by the judge. |
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| crime committed without the knowledge or mental state of the person. |
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| youth under the legal of adulthood. |
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| unlawful removal or restraint of a person against that person’s will. |
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| unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property of another with the intent to deprive the owner of it. |
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| unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought. |
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| less serious crime with a less severe penalty. |
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| unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought. |
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| attorney representing the state. |
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| wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal property of another accomplished by violence or threats. |
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| a person having good reason to believe to be in danger of serious injury or death and uses force to protect self. |
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| decision of judge to impose appropriate punishment of a crime. |
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| sexual assault by a friend or a date to include other types of sexual misconduct. |
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| telecommunication laws or Cyber laws |
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| governs the legal issues of cyberspace. |
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