In the United States, a federal crime or federal offense is an act that is made illegal by U.S. federal legislation enacted by both the United States...

Crime has been recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time. Most available data underestimate crime before...

The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019...

In the United States, the relationship between race and crime has been a topic of public controversy and scholarly debate for more than a century. Crime...

The United States Federal Witness Protection Program (WPP), also known as the Witness Security Program or WITSEC, is a witness protection program codified...

Hate crime laws in the United States are state and federal laws intended to protect against hate crimes (also known as bias crimes). While state laws...

serious). In the United States, where the felony–misdemeanor distinction is still widely applied, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable...

definitions of an agency of the federal government of the United States are varied, and even contradictory. The official United States Government Manual offers...

The president of the United States is authorized by the U.S. Constitution to grant a pardon for a federal crime. The other forms of the clemency power...

The United States prosecutes offenders through the War Crimes Act of 1996 as well as through articles in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The United...

The United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (MCFP Springfield) is a United States federal prison in Springfield, Missouri for male offenders...

against the United States, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, is a federal offense in the United States of America under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The statute...

Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement; it became law in 1994. It is the largest crime bill in the history of the United States and consisted of 356...

the criminal justice system of the United States federal government. It is the most serious punishment that could be imposed under federal law. The serious...

The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law...

delay in executions as they could not be carried out safely without risking the spread of COVID-19. United States portal Law portal Federal crime in the United...

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic...

even if the offense is not a crime in the custodial state. The federal government of the United States is a separate jurisdiction from the states with limited...

the Constitution or any federal statute. The Supreme Court of the United States found in Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) that the president has absolute immunity...

In the United States, federal impeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives charges the president, vice president, or another civil...

slurs) or insults, mate crime, or offensive graffiti or letters (hate mail). In the criminal law of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties. The Constitution sets out the boundaries...

The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States...

In the United States, capital punishment (killing a person as punishment for allegedly committing a crime) is a legal penalty throughout the country at...

34.8% were reported to the police, up from 29.3% in 2004. In the United States, at the Federal level, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) definitions...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement...

United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the...

The United States has separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property...

The Federal Reserve System (often shortened to the Federal Reserve, or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created...

In the United States, child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to...