Usually what makes the overall difference in the classifications is the higher consequences – for instance capital murder is punishable by death or life in prison.

When the economy gets bad, one of the first things that seems to come apart at the seams is the crime rate. It goes up.

There are a variety of rackets being run across the US, however the most well known one (recognized from books and movies) is the protection racket. This means holding some poor business man up for a ransom in trade for protection services.

Being charged with robbery is likely one of the most difficult crimes to handle through the criminal justice system.

The truth of the matter is that not all money that goes into offshore bank accounts is the proceeds of ill-gotten goodies. This is a myth perpetuated by TV crime shows.

There are a variety of types of mortgage fraud and there are even instances where it’s committed and the people doing it didn’t even know that they messed up. Ok, this is relatively rare, as most instances involve people fully cognizant of what they are doing.