Sentence examples for degrees of criminal from inspiring English sources

There are three classes of magistrate's courts, with progressive degrees of criminal and civil jurisdiction.

Will we become socially — and constitutionally — conditioned to accept broadly defined offenses, an eroded presumption of innocence and lower degrees of criminal intent in other contexts?

Instead of relying on inmate statements like "Well, we never saw any of those kids come back," Professor Finckenauer compared children with equal degrees of criminal activity who went through the program with those who did not.

He added: "The outrageousness of the conduct of the perpetrators exhibits a degree of criminal sophistication".

The federal appeals courts are divided on the issue, with most ruling that drunken driving offenses, even those involving injury or death, cannot be considered crimes of violence without proof of some degree of criminal intent.

Coastal states may exercise a limited degree of criminal jurisdiction with regard to foreign ships that are engaged in innocent passage through their territorial seas (e.g., in cases where the consequences of the crime alleged extend to the coastal state or where such measures are necessary for the suppression of the traffic of illicit drugs).

Mitchell, who briefly appeared in court Monday looking sullen, is pleading not guilty to a first-degree charge of promoting prison contraband and a fourth-degree charge of criminal facilitation.

His longest description, though, is saved for the fortress's prison, with its "copper bridges, lava moat, water reservoir inside, and separate levels for different degrees of war criminals.

To varying degrees, both forms of criminal organization draw recruits from among the socially disaffected.

Mr. White, who had served five months at an upstate New York prison for the killing, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and of criminal possession of a weapon.

Among the qualifications, candidates must have a graduate or law degree, substantial knowledge of criminal justice, management experience and a commitment to civil rights.