Laws about what you can and cannot do on the city sidewalks would be an example of an __________________.

Once the Supreme Court has decided how the law should be interpreted, that interpretation must be followed in the future.

Serious crimes that normally have a punishment of more than a year in jail.

Less serious crimes where the penalty is usually less than a year in jail or even just a fine.

Usually help settle disagreements between people.

In _________________ , the question is always, “Did this person commit a crime?”

A divorce would be an example of ___________________.

Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which is a set of criminal laws that apply to people ________________.

But when a person under age 18 commits a crime, most states have a system of ___________________.

The United States has a juvenile justice system because

A _________________ is a juvenile found guilty of a crime

A juvenile that is found guilty of breaking a law that wouldn't be a crime if they were an adult (like skipping school)

Someone who is charged with a crime or accused of other wrongdoing.

Someone who files a lawsuit against someone else in a civil court.

All of the thousands of statutes passed by Congress are collected together and organized by subject. The collection is called the