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federal prisons

Prison facilities run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)... Read More

federal public defender

An attorney employed by the federal courts on a full-time basis to provide legal defense to defendants who are unable to afford counsel... Read More

Federal Public Defender Organization

As provided for in the Criminal Justice Act, an organization established within a federal judicial circuit to represent criminal defendants who cannot afford an adequate defense... Read More

federal question

Jurisdiction given to federal courts in cases involving the interpretation and application of the U... Read More

Federal Rules of Evidence

A set of rules governing the admission or exclusion of evidence in United States courts and comprised of 11 Articles: General Provisions, Judicial Notice; Presumptions in Civil Actions and Proceedings; Relevancy and Its Limits; Privileges; Witnesses; Opinions and Expert Testimony; Hearsay; Authentication and Identification; Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs; and, Miscellaneous Rules... Read More

federal supervised release

Established by the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA), Federal supervised release is a term of conditional community supervision set by the court at the time of sentencing... Read More

fellatio

Oral stimulation of the penis... Read More

felony

A serious crime, usually punishable by at least one year in prison... Read More

felony murder

In general, a death that occurs during the commission of a felony; may apply even if the person did not intend to kill anyone during the commission of the felony... Read More

female genital mutilation

All procedures that involve the partial or total removal of external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons... Read More

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