an enactment of local governing body such as a city council or commission
indictments
a formal document handed down by a grand jury
grand jury
a group of citizens
US attorneys
attorneys appointed by the president
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
First Amendment
recognizing the freedoms of religion, speech and press assembly
Fourteenth Amendment
Amendment to the US constitution ratified after the Civil War in 1868. Prohibits states from denying due process and equal protection of law to persons within their jurisdictions
Due Process clause
the clause of the fifth amendment that prohibits the federal govt from depriving persons within its jurisdiction of life, liberty or property
hate speech
offensive speech
possession
the actual or constructive control or occupancy
motive
a persons conscious reason for acting
inchoate offense
offenses preparatory to committing other crimes
conspiracy
the crime of two or more persons
homicide
killing of a human being
manslaughter
the crime og unlawfully killing another person without malice