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The Justice Department''s annual survey of crime victims was released in September 2004, revealing the national crime rate to be at its lowest point since studies began in 1973. Based on crime statistics submitted by 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies around the country, the FBI report showed law enforcement agencies solved about 46 percent of violent crimes, including about 62 percent of murders.

In criminal cases, investigations and prosecutions differ from civil cases. Stronger evidence is needed to obtain a criminal conviction than to win a civil suit, and a federal criminal conviction requires a unanimous decision by 12 jurors, or by a judge if the defendant chooses not to have a jury. Criminal cases can be resolved without a trial if both sides agree and the judge concurs. In all criminal prosecutions, the sixth Bill of Rights allows the accused to enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.

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Criminal Offenses

• DUI - driving under the influence
• DWI - driving while intoxicated
• drug impaired driving
• drug possession
• hit and run
• kidnapping
• battery
• hate crimes
• assault
• indecent exposure
• sexual assault
• sexual harassment
• shoplifting
• white collar crime
• embezzlement
• firearm possession
• juvenile crime

Criminal Penalties

• DUI penalties
• white collar crime penalties
• consequences of shoplifting
• juvenile crime and punishments
• battery charges
• sexual assault sentencing
• drug possession sentences
• felony conviction

Criminal Defense

• DUI defense
• DWI defense
• defending entrapment charges
• federal crime defense
• sexual conduct defense
• sex crime defense

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"Immigrant Crime Myth"

A recent study found that contrary to popular belief, in the United States, neither legal nor illegal immigrants raise crime rates in the populations them move into.

The study was conducted by Washington’s Immigration Policy Center.

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