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Exercise 6.3 Read the statements. Are they true or false? Correct the false ones
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1. The fundamental distinction between felonies and misdemeanors is in the type of punishment.
2. The term “degree of crime” refers to distinctions in the culpability of an offense because of the person committing this crime.
3. Crimes mala in se are thought to be naturally evil.
4. Crimes mala prohibita include murder, rape, arson, burglary, larceny etc.
5. In the United States, the power to define crimes and set punishment for them rests with the judiciary of the United States.
6. The federal Constitution restricts the power of the state to define laws.
7. State constitutions may also limit state legislative action.
8. The violations of administrative rules are not punishable as public offenses.
Exercise 6.4 Match the following crimes with their definitions:
| 1.Embezzlement | a) the crime of taking for personal use money or property that has been given on trust by others, without their knowledge or permission |
| 2. Slander | b) trying to find out secrets by illegal means |
| 3. Libel | c) the killing of somebody, especially a political leader or other public figure, by a sudden violent attack |
| 4. Smuggling | d) the crime of entering a building to commit a felony, usually theft |
| 5. Assault | e) the crime of carrying goods into a country secretly because they are illegal or in order to avoid paying duty on them |
| 6. Assassination | f) betraying your country to a foreign power |
| 7. Treason | g) the crime of obtaining something such as money or information from somebody using force, treats, or other unacceptable methods |
| 8. Murder | h) a violent physical or verbal attack |
| 9. Arson | i) the act or an instance of illegally taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially by using force, treats, or violence |
| 10. Extortion | j) killing somebody intentionally |
| 11. Robbery | k) the crime of setting fire to a building |
| 12.Theft | l) the act or crime of stealing somebody else’s property |
| 13.Burglary | m) the offense of saying something false or malicious that damages somebody’s reputation |
| 2) 14.Espionage | n) the offense of writing or publishing something false or malicious that damages somebody’s reputation |
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