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What is the word that means a person charged with a crime?
A person charged with a crime is the accused or the defendant.
Can a person be charged with obstuction if they know for a fact that a crime was committed but waited to report the crime?
Yes a person can be charged with a crime
What word means to say that a person is guilty of a crime?
In the US, the only time you can say a person is guilty of a crime is after they have been convicted of the crime. Until a person is convicted or admits guilt in a court of law, they are charged with the crime or suspected of the crime.
Can a robot be charged with a crime?
Only the person who is committing the crime using a robot will be charged.
What the word that is when a person charged with a crime escapes to another state?
There are several in common usage: Absconds - Flees - Elopes - etc.
Charged with a crime?
Indictment is the process where a person is formally charged with committing a crime. This is a common law concept, and is used throughout the world.
What is the name of the person that is charged with a crime in a criminal case?
Defendant.
Does the statute of limitations on a crime stop running after a person is arrested for that crime?
It stops when you are arrested and charged.
If you are with someone and that person kills another person can you go to jail?
Yes, but you cannot be held for longer than 24 hours unless you are formally charged with a crime. If you and the other person were committing a crime and the other person killed someone then you both can be charged.
Is a person in a police lineup entitled to the right to counsel?
only if that person is being charged with a crime.
What is a defendent has committed a crime?
A defendant is a person who has been charged with a criminal offense.
Why can you not charge a dead person with a crime?
Under the US Constitution, any person charged with a crime has a right to see the evidence and confront his accuser. Clearly that is not possible if the person is dead.
