Part 3

Why prove beyond reasonable doubt?

Don’t want an innocent person to be jailed
How we Categorize Crime
- By Severity
- Misdemeanor
- Felony
- By Degrees- same type of act in the case but doing something in case that makes it more severe
How categorized/ recorded/ keep track

Uniform crime report (UCR)
Uniform crime report (UCR)
- take all categories and types to get more accurate picture of crime in the US
- police officers get info and FBI take info and make report
Bad about Uniform Crime Report
- Not all crimes recorded
- under reporting by victims- sexual assault; undocumented person
- Under reporting by police department- to make their town look better
Why are not all homicides crimes?
- self defense
- police officers use gun is certain circumstances

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2013-09-24T16:01:55Z

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