Suspect

In the parlance of criminal justice, a suspect is a term used to refer to a person, known or unknown, suspected of committing a crime.

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Under the judicial system of US, once the identity of a suspect is known, and a decision is approved to arrest him or bind him over for trial, either by a prosecutor issuing an information, a grand jury issuing a true bill or indictment, or a judge issuing an arrest warrant, the suspect can then be properly called a defendant.

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Much of the tension in murder mystery results from there being a number of equally-likely suspects. A device often used in these mysteries is the culprit not being on the original list of suspects.

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A popular suspect in murder mysteries and who dunnit is that of the butler.

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Parlance: REDIRECT Idiom#Parlance...

Criminal justice: The study of criminal justice traditionally revolves around three main components of the criminal justice system:...

Crime: A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law. In the narrow sense, a crime is a violation of the criminal law. For example, most traffic violations or breaches of contract are not crimes in a legal sense....

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