Compare and Contrast- What is a felony? What is a misdemeanor? Explain how punishments for crimes differ based on their classifi

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Compare and Contrast- What is a felony? What is a misdemeanor? Explain how punishments for crimes differ based on their classifi

cation (felony or misdemeanor).

Advanced Placement (AP)

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Taya2010 [7] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-04T11:54:01+03:00

Hi MarvinTorres118!

Questions:

What is a felony?

What is a misdemeanor?

Explain how punishments for crimes differ based on their classification (felony or misdemeanor).

Answers:

Felony - is a crime that usually involves violence. This punishment is usually 1 or more years in prison or by death.

Misdemeanor - is a simple wrong doing that dosent result in very punishible events.

Felonies are more of a punishment than misdemeanors are. For example a felony you can kill someone and got to jail are get killed. A misdeameanor for example is just like getting banned or suspended from something.