Civil and Criminal Civics SOL Review

Decision : Defendant is convicted if guilty and acquitted if not guilty, the jury decide this.

• Criminal Law
• Civil Law

Type of punishment : Compensation (usually financial) for injuries or damages, or an injunction in nuisance.

• Civil Law
• Criminal Law 

Mrs. Jones goes crazy and sues her students for inflicting extreme mental anguish on her by not completing their homework. 

• Civil Case
• Criminal Case

You are caught going 85 miles an hour where the speed limit is 35 miles an hour.

• Civil Case
• Criminal Case

Which came first? arraignment, hearing, arrest, indictment?

• arrest
• arraignmnet
• hearing
• indictment

What is the first step in a criminal case?

• Arrest happens
• Jail/Bail
• Trial occurs
• Appeal

What is the second step in a criminal case?

• Trail occurs
• Arraignment
• Jail/Bail
• Appeal

What is the third step in a criminal case?

• Arraignment
• Trail occurs
• Appeal
• Arrest happens

What is the fourth step in a criminal case?

• Trial occurs
• Arraignment
• Arrest happens
• Jail/Bail

What is the fifth step in a criminal case?

• Trail occurs
• Arraignment
• Jail/Bail
• Appeal