What is the difference between infamous crime and capital offense?

Answer 1

A capital crime is one which usually involve severe body harm like murder. An infamous crime on the other hand refers to one which gains notoriety for some reason but may not result in anyone being prosecuted or executed.

Answer 2

Capital crimes are like murders and infamous crimes is just a scandal. - Ryan A capital crime is any crime that can lead to the death penalty. "Infamous crime" has different meanings, depending on context, though always it includes all capital crimes. In common law, it meant any capital crime, any felony, or any crime involving the element of deceit. In U. S. Federal law, the the phrase, which appears in the U. S. Constitution, has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as any that can be punished by imprisonment for more than one year. (This is why one sometimes hears of a sentence of a year and a day, although in some cases a lesser sentence can be given.) Such a crime can also be called a felony, or an indictable crime.

Answer 3

Capital crimes are any crimes that are subjected to capital punishment. In the US, they have to involve taking a life (or treason, although that has not been tested by the Supreme Court as to constitutionality).

Infamous crimes would be any felonies or non-felonies that are crimes of moral turpitude. They show that the person who committed it is generally untrustworthy (for example, it can be used to impeach them on the witness stand). They include things like thefts, forgery, perjury etc.

Answer 4

Infamous means well-publicized. A capital crime is one punishable by the death penalty.