| FEDERAL LAWS REGARDING THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF EXPLOSIVES |
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| Federal laws provide criminal sanctions for offenses involving the manufacture and sale of explosives. Such laws include the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, which Act was enacted in response to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Federal laws also provide regulatory controls over interstate and foreign commerce in explosives. The regulatory controls are designed to assist states in regulating the manufacture, sale, transfer, and storage of explosives within their borders.More... |
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| FORGERY |
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| A person commits the offense of forgery when he or she, with the intent to defraud or to harm another person: (1) makes, alters, executes, or authenticates any writing so that it purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist; (2) issues, transfers, registers, passes, or utters a writing that purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist; or (3) possesses a writing with the intent to utter it, which writing purports to be the act of another person, to be a writing at a certain time or place, or a copy of an original writing that does not exist. More... |
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| FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS |
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| The Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice is responsible for supervising the enforcement of federal criminal laws. United States Attorneys or federal prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting federal criminal offenses that take place in the prosecutors' districts. United States Attorneys are supervised by the United States Attorney General and his or her assistants.
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| A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO A PUBLIC TRIAL |
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| A defendant is guaranteed the right to a public trial under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The right to a public trial is also an element of the defendant's due process rights, which rights are guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. In addition, states have enacted provisions in their constitutions that guarantee a defendant's right to a public trial. The public also has a right to attend criminal trials under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.More... |
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| VEHICLE SEARCHES |
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| The police may search an automobile as long as they have probable cause for the search. Probable cause is the reasonable belief on the part of the police that a crime has been committed or that a crime is about to be committed. More... |
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