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38 relations: Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, Backlash (sociology), Capital Jury Project, Case law, Credibility, Crime, Criminal law, Defendant, Defense (legal), Diagnosis, Element (criminal law), Evidence (law), Expert witness, Federal Rules of Evidence, Guilt (law), Insanity, Insanity defense, Intention (criminal law), Jeffrey R. MacDonald, John Hinckley Jr., Judge, Judicial discretion, Jurisdiction, Jury, Malice aforethought, Mens rea, Mental disorder, Mental status examination, Motivation, Murder, Prosecutor, Psychologist, Symptom, Testimony, Ultimate fact, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Witness.
Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as they were leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
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Backlash (sociology)
A "backlash" is an adverse reaction to something which has gained popularity, prominence, or influence.
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Capital Jury Project
The Capital Jury Project (CJP) is a consortium of university-based research studies on the decision-making of jurors in death penalty cases in the United States.
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Case law
Case law is a set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent.
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Credibility
Credibility comprises the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.
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Defendant
A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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Defense (legal)
In civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions under the common law, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) in an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability.
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.
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Element (criminal law)
Under United States law, an element of a crime (or element of an offense) is one of a set of facts that must all be proven to convict a defendant of a crime.
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Evidence (law)
The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding.
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Expert witness
An expert witness, in England, Wales and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert.
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Federal Rules of Evidence
First adopted in 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence codify the evidence law that applies in United States federal courts.
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Guilt (law)
In criminal law, guilt is the state of being responsible for the commission of an offense.
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Insanity
Insanity, craziness, or madness is a spectrum of both group and individual behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.
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Insanity defense
The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is a defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.
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Intention (criminal law)
In criminal law, intent is one of three general classes of mens rea necessary to constitute a conventional, as opposed to strict liability, crime.
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Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Jeffrey Robert MacDonald (born October 12, 1943) is an American medical doctor and former US Army officer who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970.
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John Hinckley Jr.
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American man who, on March 30, 1981, attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C. He wounded Reagan with a bullet that ricocheted and hit him in the chest.
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.
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Judicial discretion
Judicial discretion is the power of the judiciary to make some legal decisions according to their discretion.
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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.
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Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.
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Malice aforethought
Malice aforethought was the "premeditation" or "predetermination" (with malice) that was required as an element of some crimes in some jurisdictions, citing, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2.
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Mens rea
Mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime; or knowledge that one's action or lack of action would cause a crime to be committed.
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Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Mental status examination
The mental status examination or mental state examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in psychiatric practice.
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Motivation
Motivation is the reason for people's actions, desires, and needs.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
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Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system.
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Psychologist
A psychologist studies normal and abnormal mental states from cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.
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Symptom
A symptom (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident, misfortune, that which befalls", from συμπίπτω, "I befall", from συν- "together, with" and πίπτω, "I fall") is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, reflecting the presence of an unusual state, or of a disease.
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Testimony
In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.
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Ultimate fact
In law, the ultimate fact is the conclusion (or conclusions) of factual evidence made by a jury after deliberation.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts.
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Witness
A witness is someone who has, who claims to have, or is thought, by someone with authority to compel testimony, to have knowledge relevant to an event or other matter of interest.
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