Although in the overwhelming majority of cases involving property damage, the offender repaired such damage either prior to judgement or by order of the court (together, this occurred in 94 % of cases) when the court ordered a conditional stay of proceedings (Jankowski, Momot, & Ważny, 2011...
1994).Footnote10Whilestatedisgust refers to someone’s current emotional experience,traitdisgust sensitivity refers to people’s stable tendency to experience disgust over time. Many studies report an association between disgust sensitivity and moral decision-making (Donner et al.,2023). People who are...
Sometimes, state prosecutors defer to federal authorities. Other times, the state files charges first. Federal agencies may still step in later if they believe a federal statute applies. An example could be a multi-state drug ring. You might face state drug charges and also federal conspiracy...