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A person who makes a citizen's arrest could risk exposing him or herself to possible lawsuits or criminal charges (such as charges of impersonating police, false imprisonment, kidnapping, or wrongful arrest) if the wrong person is apprehended or a suspect's civil-rightsare violated.
Only the government can file criminal charges. They do not get into civil matters.
Federal criminal charges are when a crime has been committed specifically against a federal law. Simple criminal charges are more general and the crime might have been committed against a federal or national law.
was the settlement of criminal charges by atonement the forerunner of our present procedures of fining criminals.
you should press criminal charges against them for their extortionate fees, and its a civil matter rather than criminal.
Question. Can there be an open disposition when there were no criminal charges filed? There was an arrest and a night in jail, then a release with no criminal charges being brought.
Private individuals do not make or press criminal charges. Report the crime to the police. The police and the prosecuting attorneys will determine whether or not to file criminal charges.
No defendant no charges. It is done.
does criminal law provide for charges to be brought by thegovernment against a person
It would lead to all sorts of criminal and civil suits. The liability could be very large.
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