Tuesday, August 24, 2010

What is the difference between a civil case and a criminal case?

Also can you explain your answer?What is the difference between a civil case and a criminal case?
In a civil case you ';bring suit'; against another party or parties--you can sue for damages, or you can occasionally sue to make someone do something or stop them from doing something. In order to win a civil case for money, you must prove that the other party owes you the money by a ';preponderance of the evidence'; (this means the jury thinks it is more likely than not that they owe you the money).





A criminal case is brought, not by an individual, but by the government in order to punish a criminal. The government must show ';beyond a reasonable doubt'; that the person accused committed the crime (think of it as being 99%+ sure.).What is the difference between a civil case and a criminal case?
A civil case is when you are suing some for something or someone is suing you. A criminal case is when someone is being tried for a crime and the district attorney (procecuting attorney) tries to prove that the defendant is guilty then after hearing all the evidence the jury has to decide if the defendant is guilty or innocent. If found guilty the defendent could serve time in prison.
a civil case is individual vs. individual (could be company vs company, etc)





criminal case is individual vs government state/local/federal
A civil case is filed between two parties normally for something of value (money).


In a criminal case, criminal charges are filed by a person or the state and a person can go to jail.
A civil case is when two people take each other to court, a criminal case is when the city/state/federal government takes you into court. Example: OJ was tried in a criminal case for killing his wife by the state. Later he was taken into court on a civil case when he was sued by his wifes family. I hope that helped.
A CRIMINAL CASE DEALS WITH CRIMINAL LAW--BURGLARY, ARSON, MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, ASAULT ETC.


THESE ARE USUALLY FELONY CASES AND CARRY A TERM OF MORE THEN A YEAR WHICH MEAN PRISON TIME-





A CIVIL CASE IS A DIVORCE, DUI, SPITTING ON THE SIDE WALK, URINATING IN PUBLIC, DRUNK IN PUBLIC (PUI) MISDEMEANOR CHARGES--





YOUR STATUTES FOR YOUR STATE USUALLY DIVIDE THE COURT SYSTEM INTO A CRIMINAL CODE AND A CIVIL CODE AND COURT IS EITHER A CIVIL PROCEDING OR A CRIMINAL PROCEDING

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