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his/her peers. By the time the courtroom comes around, however, the processing of the defendant is near the end, however. This is because processing someone for a crime is a
long, involved process involving a lot of steps - with the end result not necessarily being jail. A crime, first if
all, is a hurtful action that is committed (or omitted) against the public or the government, that is in violation of a particular law prohibiting the crime (FAQ About Criminal
Law Cases, 2009). This is the simple part - the criminal charges can either be processed through federal or state courts. The difference is that state criminal law (and courts)
cover ordinary crimes, within the geographic boundaries of a state, against its residents (FAQ About Criminal Law Cases, 2009). Federal law (and courts) deal with federal employees, taxes, benefits, civil
rights and crimes that might involve more than one state) (FAQ About Criminal Law Cases, 2009; see also Gurovich, Berk & Associates, 2008). Tax evasion and other white-collar crimes are
also processed through the federal courts (FAQ About Criminal Law Cases, 2009). While the process can vary slightly from state to
state, or state to federal, the process involves the stages of investigation, interrogation, arrest, complaint/indictment, arraignment, bail, plea bargain, trial, verdict/sentencing and appeal (Bennett, 2009).
The investigative stage results from a complaint or other potential law-breaking scenario, and is run by the police or other law enforcement agency (Dripps, 2007). In
the investigation phase, public officials find out an offense has been committed (or is about to be), law enforcement agents then find the offenders, and then the agents collect and
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