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Student Questions about Criminal Terminology



Yes/No
 

1. 

Is the District Attorney the prosecutor for the government?
 

2. 

Can an attorney impeach his own witness if the witness has been declared hostile?
 

3. 

Is a misdemeanor a crime punishable by a year or more in prison?
 

4. 

Is criminal law viewed as harming the individual?     
 

5. 

Is it always the government that pursues criminal charges (as opposed to an individual)?
 



 
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