Criminal Law

Criminal or penal law is the legal bodies which have the power to severely punish those who fail to comply with the judgments relied, especially on serious crimes of offense, robbery, murder and the like. The potential of a criminal law judiciary is powerful and it can impose punishments ranging from jail term, loss of liberty to execution based on the level of crime committed. At times, the penal law also holds right to let an accused be freed from the terms if proved not guilty. Punishment methods also vary from government supervision including parole, probationary freedom and based on criminal code, the criminal law is executed.

The code lines are crossed immediately on committing a murder while even civil disobedience could lead to severe impositions which are imposed by the government directly. The statutes, rules and terms put down in written form by the state and congress legislatures which deals with any criminal activity that harms the civilian society is termed as criminal or penal law. Apart from issuing the judgment, the government directly monitors the carrying out procedure like the way in which suspects or accused are charged, interrogated and produced for trial.

For a successful implementation of the law, the suspected should be proved that he or she had violated the boundaries of the law by willfully acting on their own and did what they intended to do. With the help of a prosecutor, the state will initiate the suit to trial the accused. The Criminal Law comprises of Substantive Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and special problems faced while implementing enforcement of criminal justice and its administration.

The purpose of the Substantive law is to deal the subject matter of the crime and the committed person by defining the methods in which the case should be handled, classification of crimes and ways it should be charged. Criminal procedure helps the investigation agencies to enforce the law by authenticating eligibility to search an accused, seize evidences, investigate eye witness and so on. It also manages the right to constitution rights, presentation by the attorney, public trial by a jury and freedom to question the plaintiff.  

Criminal Law established by the government of U.S. is subject to change from state to state and jurisdiction procedures. Before the punishment is applied there are five main objectives to be established by the state government namely retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation and restitution. Purpose of the law is to make sure excessive bail not granted, excessive fine imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Questions:

• What are the duties performed by the criminal law?
• What did you learn about the application of criminal code or penal code?