The state criminal statutes.
Yes, you can be prosecuted for a crime committed in another state if the crime violates federal law or if the states have an agreement for extradition.
It depends which section of law you mean. Technology has greatly improved the detection rates of crime, through developing DNA fingerprinting for example.
Yes. There is no law in the United States that declares homosexuality a crime.
I know that all of Canada, just north, has very strict hate crime laws.
Crimes in the U.nited States are defined in the following bodies of law: ?
Law enforcement officers from all states, it the National Crime Information Center.
Each state and country has it's own law making murder a crime. Generally, the murder law is codified in a code section titled "Homicide" or something to that effect.
The executive branch executes the law. Piracy is the federal crime of robbery, kidnapping or other violence committed at sea or in the air.Title 18, United States Code, section 1651 provides:"Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life."Title 18, United States Code, section 2332B, headed "Acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries", refers to the crime of air piracy.
This is not a nationwide law. Burglary is a state crime and the crime of Residential Burglary is codified differently, and on different dates, in different states.
It is not a crime to be illiterate in the United States.
Adultery is not considered a crime in the United States, as it is not illegal under federal law. However, it may have legal implications in some states regarding divorce proceedings or civil lawsuits.
Adultery is not considered a crime in the United States, as it is not illegal under federal law. Each state has its own laws regarding adultery, but it is rarely prosecuted as a criminal offense.