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  2. Title 25 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Title 25 of the United States Code outlines the role of Indians in the United States Code. 25 U.S.C. ch. 1 – Bureau of Indian Affairs; 25 U.S.C. ch. 2 – Officers of Indian Affairs; 25 U.S.C. ch. 2A – Indian Claims Commission; 25 U.S.C. ch. 3 – Agreements With Indians; 25 U.S.C. ch. 4 – Performance by United States of Obligations to ...

  3. Title 18 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    Typical of state criminal codes is the California Penal Code. [3] Many U.S. state criminal codes, unlike the federal Title 18, are based on the Model Penal Code promulgated by the American Law Institute. Title 18 consists of five parts. Four of these, Parts I through IV, concern crimes, criminal procedure, prisons and prisoners, and juvenile ...

  4. Crimes Act of 1825 - Wikipedia

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    Justice Joseph Story drafted the Crimes Act of 1825. Representative Daniel Webster sponsored the Crimes Act of 1825.. The Crimes Act of 1825 (also known as the Federal Criminal Code of 1825), [1] formally titled An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, was the first piece of omnibus federal criminal legislation ...

  5. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    According to the preface to the Code, "From 1897 to 1907 a commission was engaged in an effort to codify the great mass of accumulating legislation. The work of the commission involved an expenditure of over $300,000, but was never carried to completion." Only the Criminal Code of 1909 and the Judicial Code of 1911 were enacted. In the absence ...

  6. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses non-criminal disputes. The system varies considerably by jurisdiction, but conforms to the US Constitution . [ 1 ]

  7. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Life with a minimum of 25 years (or 20 years if the crime was committed before July 1, 2014) Premeditated First Degree Murder (committed before July 1, 2014) Life with a minimum of 25 years or life with a minimum of 50 years (only if the judge finds compelling reasons warranting a harsher sentence)

  8. Criminal code - Wikipedia

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    A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.Typically a criminal code will contain offences that are recognised in the jurisdiction, penalties that might be imposed for these offences, and some general provisions (such as definitions and prohibitions on retroactive prosecution).

  9. Crimes Act of 1790 - Wikipedia

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    Senator (and future Chief Justice) Oliver Ellsworth was the drafter of the Crimes Act. The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), [1] formally titled An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States, defined some of the first federal crimes in the United States and expanded on the criminal procedure provisions of the Judiciary Act of 1789. [2]