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Arraignment Arraignment
ARRAIGNMENT The term "arraignment" refers to the formal proceeding at which an accused is brought before the court to answer a criminal charge contained in an indictment or information. At arraignment, the presiding judicial officer informs the accused of the offense charged in the indictment or... Read more
Attainder Attainder
ATTAINDER At common law, that extinction of civil rights and capacities that took place whenever a person who had committed treason or a felony received a sentence of death for the crime. The effect of attainder upon a felon was, in general terms, that all estate, real and personal, was... Read more
Nolo Contendere Nolo Contendere
NOLO CONTENDERE [Latin, I will not contest it.] A plea in a criminal case by which the defendant answers the charges made in the indictment by declining to dispute or admit the fact of his or her guilt. The defendant who pleads nolo contendere submits for a udgment fixing a fine or sentence the... Read more
plea bargaining plea bargaining
plea bargaining negotiation in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a criminal charge in exchange for concessions by the prosecutor (representing the state). The defendant waives the right to trial, losing any chance for acquittal, but usually avoids conviction on a more serious charge. The... Read more
Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie 1913-91, Nazi war criminal known as the "Butcher of Lyons." As Gestapo chief in Lyons, France (1942-44), he was responsible for the deaths of French Resistance members and thousands of Jews. After the war he secretly served as a U.S. army agent in Germany. In 1951 he fled Europe... Read more
Edith Cavell Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell , 1865-1915, English nurse. When World War I broke out, she was head of the nursing staff of the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. In 1915 she was arrested by the German occupation authorities and pleaded guilty to a charge of harboring and aiding Allied prisoners and assisting... Read more
Competency to stand trial Competency to stand trial
COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL If at any time in the criminal proceedings the defendant appears to be suffering from a mental illness, the issue of competence to proceed may be raised. This may occur when the defendant seeks to plead guilty or to stand trial. It may occur when the defendant seeks to... Read more
Jozsef Mindszenty Jozsef Mindszenty
József Mindszenty , 1892-1975, Hungarian prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of Veszprém during the German occupation of Hungary in World War II. His anti-German attitude led to his imprisonment for several months by the Hungarian puppet government. After the... Read more
Kwame Kilpatrick Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick1970— Former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was the youngest mayor to lead the city of Detroit, Michigan, and the city's first mayor to resign the office after being charged with a felony. What began as an administration full of promise for both Kilpatrick and the beleaguered city in 2002... Read more
Bloody Assizes 1685 Bloody Assizes 1685
Bloody Assizes was the name given to the mass trials of Monmouth's rebels in 1685, presided over by Jeffreys and four other judges. Nearly all the 1,300 prisoners were undoubtedly guilty of treason, for which the sentence was death by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering. The revulsion against... Read more

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