criminal procedure

To imprison means to confine or physically restrict one’s personal liberty, usually in a jail or prison. As a penalty of  violating a criminal law, imprisonment varies differently from federal to state.

In pro per is a short form for the term in propria persona. In pro per is Latin, meaning “in their own person,” and it refers to a situation where a litigant represents themselves, without a lawyer. In pro per is synonymous with the more commonly used term pro se.

In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that juvenile criminal defendants are entitled to Due Process protection under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

In criminal law, incapacitation is the act of rendering an individual incapable of committing future crimes. Historically, this was accomplished by either execution or banishment. In modern times, this is typically accomplished by incarceration, although capital punishment is still used in some cases.

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Incarceration is the detention of a person, often in a correctional or psychiatric facility. Incarceration is often used in reference to criminal sentences imposed by a court of law.

An inchoate offense is a type of crime that is committed by taking a punishable step towards the commission of another crime. The three basic inchoate offenses are attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy. 

Incompetency is a lack of physical or intellectual ability, or to be deemed unqualified of doing something or taking responsibility. Such inability is usually caused by a mental illness or disability. 

Here are examples of incompetency in different legal areas:

Someone is considered incompetent when they are unable to manage their own affairs due to mental incapacity (such as deterioration or psychosis) or sometimes due to a serious physical disability. Incompetence can be used to appoint a guardian or conservator to manage the affairs of the incapacitated person.

Incompetent evidence is a piece of evidence that is inadmissible because it is irrelevant or immaterial (has no bearing on the case at hand).