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The Supreme Court of the United States agrees to hear only a small percentage of the cases appealed to it.

Crimes that are inherently evil in and of themselves are malum prohibitum crimes.

This theory of punishment is often associated with “vengeance.”

The individual freedoms that comprise the zone of freedom under the Constitution are knows as

Dividing the governmental power into three branches is knows as

A defendant who intends the outcome of their act has general intent.

The burden of proof in criminal cases is

These types of courts do not hear evidence or call witnesses.

Element analysis allows for multiple states of mind for the same crime. 

Judicial review is the power of courts to invalidate legislation and the acts of the executive branch that are unlawful.