The term felony originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie"), to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments including capital punishment could be added.[1] Other crimes were called misdemeanors. A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.[2] A felon is a person who has committed a felony. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a convicted felon.
In the United States, where the felony/misdemeanor distinction is still widely applied, the federal government defines a felony as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. If punishable by exactly one year or less, it is classified as a misdemeanor. The classification is based upon a crime's potential sentence, so a crime remains classified as a felony even if a defendant receives a sentence of less than a year of incarceration.[3] Individual states may classify crimes by other factors, such as seriousness or context.
a: a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor (see MISDEMEANORsense 1) under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishmentb: a grave crime (such as murder or rape) declared to be a felony by the common law or by statute regardless of the punishment actually imposedc: a crime declared a felony by statute because of the punishment imposedd: a crime for which the punishment in federal law may be death or imprisonment for more than one year
U.S. jurisdictions generally distinguish between felonies and misdemeanours. A class of minor offenses that may be described as petty offenses or quasi-crimes is also recognized. These last offenses sometimes are created by local ordinance or by regulatory statute, and the requirement of trial by jury does not apply.
In U.S. law the classification of a crime as a felony or as a misdemeanour is ordinarily determined by the penalties attached to the offense. A felony is typically defined as a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more. Misdemeanours are often defined as offenses punishable only by fines or by short terms of imprisonment in local jails. A consequence of conviction for a felony rather than a misdemeanour is that the offender may lose some civil rights. These vary from state to state, but they usually include the right to own or possess firearms, the right to vote, and the right to hold public office.
In feudal land law, the commission of a felony by a tenant caused his land to pass to his lord . 在采邑的土地法律中，佃戶的嚴重犯罪行為可導致其保有的土地轉利到地主名下。
Oh , god , david , the felonies just keep pilin ' up 噢，上帝，大衛又罪加一等了！
Twenty - something years old and already three felonies 20來歲就已經犯下三起重罪
You should commit a felony . just commit a crime 你應該犯一個。作點違法的事情吧。
A person found guilty of a felony and confined in a prison 被判有重罪並羈於獄中的人。
Garfiield hey , mcgillicuddy , there ' s an animal felony 嘿,麥克吉利克蒂,你身後正在發生
Both of us now ! you just committed three felonies 現在追我們兩個啦!你剛剛犯了三項重罪
Love hidden harder than felony murder 第七篇章愛比殺人重罪更難隱藏。
Well , hell ' s bells , if it ain ' t felony melanie 如果你不是felony melanie ，你就有大麻煩了
Recognize this , ray ? heroin ' s a felony 認得這個嗎，雷？海洛因是重罪
2. 以下美國四項 felony 分類 —— Class 1 - 6、Class A - E、
按刑期分類 felony、Degree First to Fifth ——
哪一種 felony 分類中 Class 4 ( 視頻上英文字幕錯！
原話為 Class 4 Felony ! ) 最輕 ？？！！
Class 6 felony 才是最輕的重罪！
Class 4 felony 重於 Class 6 兩個等級；
Felony Fifth Degree 才是最輕的重罪，
Felony Fourth Degree 重於 Fifth Degree 一個等級。
Classification by seriousness
A felony may be punishable with imprisonment for two or more years or death in the case of the most serious felonies, such as murder. Indeed, historically at common law, felonies were crimes punishable by either death or forfeiture of property. All felonies remain a serious crime, but concerns of proportionality (i.e., that the punishment fit the crime) have in modern times prompted legislatures to require or permit the imposition of less serious punishments, ranging from lesser terms of imprisonment to the substitution of a jail sentence or even the suspension of all incarceration contingent upon a defendant's successful completion of probation.[5][6][7] Standards for measurement of an offense's seriousness include attempts[8] to quantitatively estimate and compare the effects of a crime upon its specific victims or upon society generally.
In some states, all or most felonies are placed into one of various classes according to their seriousness and their potential punishment upon conviction. The number of classifications and the corresponding crimes vary by state and are determined by the legislature. Usually, the legislature also determines the maximum punishment allowable for each felony class; doing so avoids the necessity of defining specific sentences for every possible crime. For example:
Virginia classifies most felonies by number,[9] ranging from Class 6 (least severe: 1 to 5 years in prison or up to 12 months in jail) through Class 2 (20 years to life, e.g., first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding) up to Class 1 (life imprisonment or the death penalty, reserved for certain types of murders). Some felonies remain outside the classification system.
New York State classifies felonies by letter, with some classes divided into sub-classes by Roman numeral; classes range from Class E (encompassing the least severe felonies) through Classes D, C, B, and A–II up to Class A–I (encompassing the most severe).
Massachusetts classifies felony as an offense that carries any prison time.
Ohio classifies felonies by degree ranging from first, second, third, fourth, to fifth degree. First-degree felonies are the most serious category, while fifth-degree felonies are the least serious. This is broadly the approach taken by the Model Penal Code, although the Code identifies only three degrees of felony.[10]
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