| FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT |
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| The Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 makes it a federal offense to willfully fail to pay a past due child support obligation for a child who resides in another state. A first offense under the Act is subject to a maximum penalty of six months in jail, to a fine, or both. Subsequent violations of the Act may be subject to a maximum penalty of two years in prison, to a fine, or both.
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| CONFESSIONS & MIRANDA WARNINGS |
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| The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution requires that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. The self-incrimination privilege of the Fifth Amendment means that a person cannot be compelled to give a testimonial communication to a police officer.
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| BRIBERY |
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| A person commits the offense of bribery when he or she intentionally or knowingly offers to another person or solicits or accepts from another person any benefit in consideration of his or her decision, vote, or exercise of discretion as a public servant, a political party official, or a voter.
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| Mail Fraud |
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| Mail fraud involves the use of the mail system to defraud other individuals. To be found guilty of mail fraud the following elements must be proved: The defendant's intent to defraud another individual; the defendant's scheme to defraud another individual; the defendant actually mailed the materials in question.
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| ALIBI DEFENSE |
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| An alibi means that a defendant was at a place at the time of an offense where he or she could not have participated in the offense. Although an alibi defense is not an affirmative defense, it does involve the negation of an element of the prosecution's case against a defendant. The defendant does not have the burden of proving his or her alibi. The prosecution has the burden of proving that the defendant committed the offense. The alibi defense contradicts the allegations of an indictment or an information against the defendant and casts doubt about whether the prosecution has met its burden of proof. More... |
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