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Bookmark or Share- FBI Releases 2020 Crime StatisticsThe violent crime rate rose 5.2 percent when compared with the 2019 rate; the property crime rate declined 8.1 percent. These and additional data are presented in the 2020 edition of the FBI’s ...
- Laws and Policies - Hate Crimes | United States Department of JusticeThe Department of Justice enforces federal hate crimes laws that cover certain crimes committed on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.Congress passed the first federal hate crime statutes in 1968: one prohibiting violent interference with housing rights (42 U.S.C. § 3631), and another prohibiting violent interference ...
- What Are Federal Crimes and How Are They Punished? - Super LawyersFederal Crimes at a Glance. Criminal laws are created and enforced on the state level for the most part. However, the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over several issues outlined in the Constitution. These issues fall under what’s called “federal subject matter jurisdiction.”
- 18 U.S. Code § 201 - Bribery of public officials and witnessesPublic Law 87–849 (sometimes referred to hereinafter as “the Act”) repealed section 190 and one of the criminal statutes, 18 U.S.C. 216, without replacing them. 1 In addition it repealed and supplanted the other five criminal statutes. It is the purpose of this memorandum to summarize the new law and to describe the principal differences ...
- Federal Crimes & Legal Jurisdiction | Criminal Law Center - JustiaInformation on crimes that are prosecuted in the federal system, including crimes committed on federal property and crimes affecting multiple states.
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