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A crime that includes the defendant crossing state lines (such as moving a kidnapping victim across from Georgia to Alabama), a crime that was conducted across state lines (such as a crime that involves victims and perpetrators in multiple states), immigration and custom violations (such as international human trafficking), or any crime that takes place on federal land or involves federal officers.
https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/state-crimes-vs-federal-crimes.htm
What are some crimes where the federal government and law enforcement would have jurisdiction?
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The formal execution of a convicted offender for a capital crime. Also known as the death penalty.
Fun fact: the primary method of execution was electrocution until it was declared as cruel and unusual punishment by the Georgia Supreme Court. Since then, lethal injection is the way to go.
What does capital punishment mean in Georgia?
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation
What is the GBI?
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Any child 17 and older is considered an adult. If it is the last day of their 16th year, they will be trialed as an adult. However for 13-17 year olds, seven specific crimes will be trialed as an adult.
Who is considered a juvenile in Georgia?
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Terrorism, counterintelligence, cyber crime, political corruption, white collar crimes, organized crime, and WMD.
What are some cases where federal law enforcement (specifically the FBI) would address?
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16-5-1 Felony Murder. Felony murder includes the definition that a person also commits the offense of murder when, in the commission of a felony, he causes the death of another human being irrespective of malice. Punishable by death, life imprisonment w/o possible of parole, or imprisonment for life.
John tries to rob a bank at gun point. While trying to get away, he accidentally shoots the bank teller who dies. Regarding the death, what would John be charged with and what are the sentences for this charge?
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Some counties will automatically seal your record while others will not. The juvenile must request for this. In some cases, the number of people who can access the records will decrease but it will always be there.
Does Georgia completely seal juvenile criminal records?
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A circumstance that would cause a reasonable person to believe that entry (or other relevant prompt action) was necessary to prevent physical harm to the officers or other persons, the destruction of relevant evidence, the escape of a suspect, or some other consequence improperly frustrating legitimate law enforcement efforts.
What is the definition of exigent circumstances and give an example.
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A case where the United States is a party, a case where a Constitutional or federal law was violated, a case where the amount exceeds $75,000 and parties are in different states, a case involving bankruptcy, copyright, patent, or maritime law. Some apply to both federal and state courts.
What are some cases where federal courts are involved?
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Treason, aircraft hijacking, murder with at least one of 12 aggravating circumstances: the offender have a prior conviction for a capital felony, was in the process of committing another capital felony or aggravated battery (or committing any degree of burglary and arson in the first degree), for the purpose of receiving money/ monetary value, during domestic terrorism, when already being convicted of an aggravated sex crime, etc.
What are the capital crimes of Georgia?
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According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies there are 628 law enforcement agencies in Georgia.
DAILY DOUBLE (for 600 points): How many law enforcement agencies are there in Georgia?
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16-11-39.1 Harassing communications
Contacting another person or their family repeatedly by electronic communication to harass, threaten, or intimidate them, threatening bodily harm via electronic communication, or telephoning another and intentionally failing to hang up falls under with charge?
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If the witness' and their immediate dependents' lives are in danger by testifying against drug traffickers, terrorists, organized crime members and other major criminals. Fun fact: no witness actively under this program that follows the program guidelines has been harmed or killed.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/witsec/
What would qualify a witness and their family for the Witness Security Program (otherwise known as the Witness Protection Program)?
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If a juvenile aged 13-17 commits any of these seven offensives, they will be tried as an adult and sentenced to a Department of Corrections facility rather than a Department of Juvenile Justice facility or custody.
What are the Seven Deadly Sins. (What do they mean, not what they are).
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responds to requests for assistance by local law enforcement to aid in investigating major crimes such as: homicide, rape, child abuse, armed robbery, fraud and other major felonies.
What are some cases and crimes where the Georgia Bureau of Investigation would respond to?
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51-1-29 Good Samaritan Law.
16-13-5 - Immunity from arrest or prosecution for persons seeking medical assistance for drug overdose
What law protects those who try to administer medical aid to an individual regardless if they have a medical license or not?
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There are 41 of them that include destruction of aircraft, motor vehicles, or related facilities resulting in death, civil rights offenses resulting in death, espionage, genocide, assassination or kidnapping resulting in the death of the President or Vice President, Treason, death resulting from aircraft hijacking, willful wrecking of a train resulting in death, and many others that include various forms of murder, usually while committing other serious crimes such as murder for hire.
https://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004927
What are some federal crimes that are punishable by death? (Hint: there are 41)
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They are: Murder, Rape, Armed Robbery with firearm, Aggravated child molestation, Aggravated sodomy, Aggravated sexual battery, Voluntary Manslaughter.
Name at least 3 of the Seven Deadly Sins of Georgia.
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The provide assistance to the state's criminal justice system in the areas of criminal investigations, forensic laboratory services and computerized criminal justice information.
In what areas does the Georgia Bureau of Investigation assist local law enforcement agencies?
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16-5-41 False imprisonment
In violation of the personal liberty of another, he arrests, confines, or detains such person without legal authority falls under which charge?
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