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The legal rules dealing with investigating, prosecuting, adjudicating, and punishing individuals for vioLating criminal laws. the rules, whether federal or state, may cover procedural issues such as criminal arraignment, bail, pretrial release, preliminary hearings, plea bargaining, criminal trials, and criminal discovery. compare: civil procedure

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