| A criminal case is a case involving a defendant | | | | intoxication, rowdy behavior, little theft etc. |
| committing a crime. Some of the common | | | | Punishment in such cases includes a small fine and |
| punishments in criminal cases are fines, imprisonment, | | | | sometimes less than a year of jail time in a local or |
| community service etc. For a successful | | | | country jail. |
| representation in court of law, defendants need to | | | | Juvenile Crimes |
| hire a defence attorney. For those defendants who | | | | Juvenile Crimes are criminal cases involving minor |
| cannot afford an attorney, there are | | | | defendants. In such crimes, judges become lenient |
| government-paid lawyers. | | | | and do not treat accused individual harshly. Certain |
| Criminal cases are of different types. Some of the | | | | factors such as juvenile's age, education status etc is |
| prominent ones are: | | | | taken into consideration. |
| Felonies | | | | Capital Crimes |
| Felonies are very serious criminal cases. Some of the | | | | Capital crimes are the harshest crimes. Example of |
| major felonies are drug production, rape, kidnapping | | | | capital crime is murder. Punishment in such cases |
| etc. In such cases, the accused individuals are | | | | includes life-time imprisonment or even death. |
| punished severely. They are either fined heavily or | | | | These are some of the common criminal cases. |
| imprisoned for one year in a state or federal jail. | | | | Accused individuals need support of a criminal |
| Punishment depends on the nature of crime | | | | attorney for fighting such cases. There are many |
| committed. | | | | criminal lawyers who are offering legal representation |
| Misdemeanors | | | | to innocent individuals caught in any of the criminal |
| Misdemeanors are another important type of criminal | | | | cases. |
| case. It involves minor crimes such as public | | | | |